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| Letto-Ruhnese | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ruhn-i-Leht, Northern Courland |
| Native speakers | 276 million (2015 est.) |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| Writing system | Latin |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |
 Ruhn-i-Leht |
| Regulated by | The Ruhn-i-Lehtese Speech Committee |
Letto-Ruhnese (Leto-Juonieshu), also known as Ruhnese Latvian or Finnic Latvian, is the official language of The Ruhn-i-Lehtese States. There are about 276 million native speakers of the language in Ruhn-i-Leht (78% of the population), with 4 million speakers abroad.
Letto-Ruhnese is very closely related to Latvian. They are mutually intelligible.
Classification
The classification of Letto-Ruhnese is disputed, and multiple opinions have been expressed.
Indo-European
Officially, Letto-Ruhnese belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. This means, that this is the third Baltic language, that isn't extinct, with the other two being Latvian and Lithuanian.
Uralic
Some believe that Letto-Ruhnese belongs to the Baltic Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. This means, that the language is put closer to languages like Estonian and Finnish, but this opinion is very unpopular due to the fact, that Letto-Ruhnese and Latvian are mutually intelligible languages.
Eurasiatic
Many people put Letto-Ruhnese to simply be a Eurasiatic language. Eurasiatic combines Uralic and Indo-European, as well as Macro-Altaic languages. Whilst many people do think that this is a logical opinion, the language is still too close to Latvian, which makes many people frustrated that the language would be so far away from Latvian in the language tree.
Dialect
Though, notably, many believe Letto-Ruhnese isn't even a language, as many consider it a dialect of the Latvian language. Mutual intelligibility is often a reason to name many languages dialects. This theory also explains why Letto-Ruhnese is often called Ruhnese Latvian / Finnic Latvian.
