On 19 February 2026 at 16:00, at Kalpaka Boulevard 4 in Riga, the Latvian Language Institute will present the electronic Historical Dictionary of Latvian Personal Names (LPVV), developed over the past year with dedication and enthusiasm. On the opening day, the first 200 entries of the dictionary – developed within the LaGiN project under the […]
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Researchers of Baltic languages meet in Vilnius
Foto: Viļņas Universitātes Baltistikas katedra (Vilniaus Universitetas, Baltistikos katedra) From 21 to 25 October 2025, Vilnius University hosted the long-awaited global gathering of Balticists – the 14th International Congress of Balticists. The tradition of the Congress was established in 1965 and has since been held every five years, alternately in Latvia and Lithuania. This time, […]
Journal Linguistica Lettica is entering a new phase
This year the editorial board of the scientific journal Linguistica Lettica of the Latvian Language Institute starts a new tradition, that is, creates each issue of the journal specifically around certain topic, theory, or method, which can be viewed from a disciplinary (linguistics) and interdisciplinary point of view, thus expanding our understanding of certain things and developing new scientific perspectives in Latvia. […]
