Latvian orthography
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latvian-orthography-188-13724165
title:
Latvian orthography
text:
The modern Latvian orthography is based on Latin script adapted to phonetic principles, following the pronunciation of the language. The standard alphabet consists of 33 letters – 22 unmodified Latin letters and 11 modified by diacritics. It was developed by the Knowledge Commission of the Riga Latvian Association in 1908, and was approved the same year by the orthography commission under the leadership of Kārlis Mīlenbahs and Jānis Endzelīns. It was introduced by law from 1920 to 1922 in the Re
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How to write Latvian and its dialects
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_orthography
date created:
2007-10-23T10:00:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T23:19:42Z
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