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• 64% of ethnic minority youth have good or very good Latvian language proficiency

According to a study conducted by the Latvian Language Agency, 64% of ethnic minority youth have good or very good Latvian language proficiency. Third part of ethnic minority youth have average state language proficiency and only 3% are not proficient in state language at all.  The authors of the study note that despite the good level of language proficiency in total, Latvian language is rarely used in daily life.

According to a study conducted by the Latvian Language Agency, 64% of ethnic minority youth have good or very good Latvian language proficiency. Third part of ethnic minority youth have average state language proficiency and only 3% are not proficient in state language at all. The authors of the study note that despite the good level of language proficiency in total, Latvian language is rarely used in daily life. Vesti Segodnya