08 November 2016 Factual 26 mins
The three speakers represent two of the dialects, with the most common one - the middle dialect spoken in Riga and central parts of Latvia - not featured in the film. In intimate surroundings, a farmer, a schoolteacher, and a herder of ostriches talk about perceived differences between Latvian speakers, and about language policy and their lives.
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Latvia 08 November 2016
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20 April 2016
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23 February 2016
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08 June 2016
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01 January 2016
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05 February 2016
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11 September 2016
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07 October 2016
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