f

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

The ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.


A

The first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.


o

The twenty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.


i

The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.


CH

head

CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by H (lower case h).


v

The thirty-first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called vē and written in the Latin script.


l

The eighteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.


j

The fifteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called jē and written in the Latin script.


r

The twenty-fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called er and written in the Latin script.


p

The twenty-fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called pē and written in the Latin script.


t

The twenty-eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called tē and written in the Latin script.


b

The third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called bē and written in the Latin script.


k

The sixteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called kā and written in the Latin script.


m

The twentieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.


g

The tenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called gā and written in the Latin script.


h

The twelfth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called hā and written in the Latin script.


n

The twenty-first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.


d

The sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called dē and written in the Latin script.


z

The thirty-second letter of the Latvian alphabet, called zē and written in the Latin script.


c

The fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called cē and written in the Latin script.


s

The twenty-sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.


e

The seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.


u

The twenty-ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.


ģ

The eleventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ģē and written in the Latin script.

Çç Ḉḉ Ḑḑ D̦d̦ Ȩȩ Ģģ Ḩḩ Ķķ Ļļ Ņņ Ŗŗ Şş Șș Ţţ Țț


F

The ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.


L

The eighteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.


J

The fifteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called jē and written in the Latin script.


R

The twenty-fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called er and written in the Latin script.


V

The thirty-first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called vē and written in the Latin script.


O

The twenty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.


P

The twenty-fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called pē and written in the Latin script.


T

The twenty-eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called tē and written in the Latin script.


I

The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.


Ch

Ch (mixed case, upper case CH, lower case ch)

a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by H (lower case h).


ch

ch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)

(obsolete) a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by h (upper case H)


ž

The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called žē and written in the Latin script.


a

The first letter of the Latvian alphabet, written in the Latin script.


ā

The second letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ā and written in the Latin script.


ē

The eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ē and written in the Latin script.


š

The twenty-seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.


Ž

The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called zē and written in the Latin script.


Č

The fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called čē and written in the Latin script.


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called sediļa, "āķītis," mīkstinājuma zīme (“cedilla”) in Latvian, and found on Ģ/ģ, Ķ/ķ, Ļ/ļ and Ņ/ņ.


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called garumzīme (“macron”) in Latvian, and found on Ā/ā, Ē/ē, Ī/ī and Ū/ū.


Ķ

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur.

The seventeenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ķē and written in the Latin script.


Ī

The fourteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ī and written in the Latin script.


Ū

The thirtieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais u and written in the Latin script.


háček
marking partial palatalization:
C, [t͡s] → Č, [t͡ʃ]

háček
marking partial palatalization:
S, [s] → Š, [ʃ]

háček
marking partial palatalization:
Z, [z] → Ž, [ʒ]


Ŗ

(obsolete) A letter of the Latvian alphabet, replaced with R because /rʲ/ is not found in the standard language.


Ņ

The twenty-second letter of the Latvian alphabet, called eņ and written in the Latin script.


Ģ

The eleventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ģē and written in the Latin script.


Ļ

The nineteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called eļ and written in the Latin script.