What is Latvian language?
{{Infobox Language |name = Latvian |nativename = latviešu valoda |states = [[Latvia]], [[Australia]], [[Belarus]], [[Brazil]], [[Canada]], [[Estonia]], [[Germany]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Lithuania]], [[New Zealand]], [[Russia]], [[Sweden]], [[Ukraine]], [[United Kingdom]], [[USA]], [[Venezuela]], [[Finland]] |region = [[Europe]] |speakers = native 1.39 million ([[Latvia]])<br />150,000 (Abroad)<br />1.54 million (Worldwide)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lav |title=Ethnologue report for language code:lav |accessdate=2008-06-09 }}</ref> <br /> second language: 500,000 |iso1 = lv |iso2 = lav |iso3 = lav |familycolor = Indo-European |fam1 = [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] |fam2 = [[Baltic languages|Baltic]] |fam3 = [[Eastern Baltic languages|Eastern]] |script = [[Roman alphabet|Roman script]] |nation = [[Latvia]], [[European Union]] |agency = [[Latvian State Language Center]] }} '''Latvian''' ({{lang-lv|latviešu valoda}}), is the official state [[language]] of [[Latvia]]. It is also called '''Lettish''' and '''Lettisch'''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bdTFBQAAQBAJ&dq=latvian+language&pg=PT12|title=Latvian: An Essential Grammar|last=Praulinš|first=Dace|date=2012-03-12|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-34536-4|language=en}}</ref> It is estimated that there are 1.75 million [[Native speaker|native speakers]] in Latvia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What Languages Are Spoken In Latvia?|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-latvia.html|access-date=2021-03-19|website=WorldAtlas|date=25 August 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> The Latvian alphabet has 33 letters. The letters are based on the [[Latin alphabet]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Richard|title=Latvian Alphabet|url=https://www.languagehelpers.com/words/latvian/alphabet.html|access-date=2021-03-19|website=www.languagehelpers.com|language=en}}</ref> Alon