LatvianLanguage
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Sigma KEE - LatvianLanguage
LatvianLanguage
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The LatvianLanguage is an EasternBalticLanguage of Latvia. SIL code: LAT. ISO 639-1: lv. ISO 639-2: lav. Population: 1,394,000 in Latvia including over 500,000 Latgalians. Population total all countries 1,500,000 (1995 V. Zeps). Region: Also spoken in Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, New Zealand, Russia (Europe), Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela. Alternate names: LATVISKA, 'LETTISH', 'LETTISCH'. Dialects: WEST LATVIAN (CENTRAL LATVIAN), EAST LATVIAN (HIGH LATVIAN, LATGALIAN). Comments: Tamian is a subdialect of Central Latvian. Latvians do not like the term 'Lettish.' National language. Grammar. Roman script. Christian. Bible 1689-1995.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instances | BalticLanguage | A BalticLanguage is any of three closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in the Baltic lands.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| ContentBearingPhysical | Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition. |
| EasternBalticLanguage | Of the three BalticLanguages, two are classified as an EasternBalticLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| entit� | The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology. |
| langage humain | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| IndoEuropeanLanguage | There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| langage | A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people. |
| LanguageFamily | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| expression linguistique | This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. |
| langage naturel | The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages. |
| physique | An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. |
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IndoEuropeanLanguage |
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