Scripture in Latvian
A complete Bible is reported in Standard Latvian, a member language of Latvian.
From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.
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Where Latvian is spoken
- Belarus
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Russia
About Latvian
- Language family
- Indo-European
- ISO 639-3 code
- lav
- Glottocode
- latv1249
Languages grouped as Latvian 2
ISO 639-3 treats Latvian as a macrolanguage: closely related languages that are sometimes counted as one. Scripture is recorded for each member language, so Latvian shows the best status among them.
- Standard LatvianComplete Bible
- LatgalianNew Testament
Dialects and varieties 7
Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Latvian as a whole.
- CuronianNo known Scripture
- East LatvianNo known Scripture
- LatgalianNo known Scripture
- Low LatvianNo known Scripture
- Standard LatvianNo known Scripture
- TamianNo known Scripture
- ZemgalianNo known Scripture
Sources
- DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
- GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
- Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained
Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.