Latvia (German Heritage)

Latvia, officially the Duchy of Latvia (Latvian:Latvijas hercogiste;German: Herzogtum Lettland), is a  in Eastern Europe. It shares borders with, and.

Languages of Latvia
There are two official languages of Latvia: and. The Language is spoken most in modern-day Latvia. However, most of the population (with a higher concentration in urban and more educated areas) also speaks as either a first or second language. German is associated with academic, financial and official contexts, though some (mainly the Baltic German) communities use it as a day-to-day language. From the establishment of the in 1918, German classes became mandatory in all forms in education. In the late 1970s however, a growing Latvian nationalistic movement meant that the pressure to learn German was decreased, in favour of Latvian classes.

Other minorities include, , , and.