Latvijos lietuviai ir jų kalba

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Gimtosios kalbos funkcionavimas užsienyje; Gyventojų surašymas; Lietuviai Latvijoje; Lietuvių draugijos Latvijoje; Lietuvių salos Latvijoje; Lietuvių tarmės Latvijoje; Rusifikacija; Census; Functioning of native language abroad; Lithuanian associations in Latvia; Lithuanian dialects in Latvia; Lithuanian islands in Latvia; Lithuanians in Latvia; Rusification.

ENLatvia is the only country in the world where Lithuanians by their number take the sixth place after the Latvians, Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians and Poles. However, there are even 10 Latvian regions where Lithuanians after the Latvians are in majority. In 2011, in Kurzeme and Zemgale lived 13,607 Lithuanians, i.e. more than in 10 other countries around the world. In Latvia there should be restored Lithuanian cultural centers – Lithuanian schools, churches with Lithuanian services, museums, etc. [From the publication]