Latvian, or latviešu, formerly called Lettish, is spoken by about one and a half million people mainly in the Baltic state of Latvia, also called Lettland. Latvian is written in Latin (Roman) letters. Christianity was brought to Latvia in the thirteenth century. Part of he Scriptures were first translated into Latvian by Lutheran theologian Ernst Glucks in 1637, the New Testament was published in 1685 and the first Latvian Bible in 1689. This Bible went through many editions. The Treus/Blese version was published in 1965, which was revised in 1997. Today Latvian speaking Christians are about half evangelical Protestant, mainly Lutheran, and about half Catholic with an Orthodox minority. Latvia regained independence form the Soviet Union in 1991. Bible work is done by the Latvian Bible Society. The interconfessional Common Language New Testament was produced in 2007.
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