Free Latvian learning resources
12 free resources, checked and categorised.
Every link is usable without paying. Some ask for a free account or keep extras behind a paid tier, and those are labelled.
Everything below is usable without paying; where a resource asks for a free account or keeps extras behind a paid tier, the row says so. The list covers the main ways people study Latvian: structured courses to build a foundation, dictionaries to look things up, and listening and reading material to spend real time in the language. Start with one course and one dictionary, then add listening once you can follow simple sentences.
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Latvian for beginners - basic phrases, vocabulary and grammar.
Grammar reference and lesson table of contents for Latvian, with classic text excerpts and numbered topics on sounds, inflection, verb tenses, pronouns, and syntax
Online textbook for Latvian with grammar introductions, readings, vocabulary, and supplements, organized into sections for study and reference
Language tools platform with text translation, speech recognition and synthesis, document translation, spelling checks, and an easy-to-read text simplifier
Grammar reference covering Latvian inflection rules for nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numerals, verbs, and participles, organized by part of speech.
"If you're trying to learn Latvian, check our courses below about adjectives, adverbs, articles, gender (feminine, masculine...), negation, nouns, numbers, phrases, plural, prepositions, pronouns, questions, verbs, vocabulary, excercises... to help you with your Latvian grammar. Below are our free Latvian lessons. Enjoy our courses!"
Free Latvian lessons with vocabulary lists, phrases, grammar notes, flashcards, an alphabet guide, and a quiz, covering about 220 cards and several short word sets.
Memes (not necesarrily in Latvian but they're all about Lanvia).
Latvian learning materials including vocabulary, audio, video clips, texts, excursions, traditions, interviews, and a course for young learners.
Learn it there, practise it here
Free resources are great for input: reading, listening, explanations. They are weaker at the two things that actually move you forward: speaking Latvian out loud, and remembering what you met once. That is what OwnSlides is for.
Say it out loud
Talk to an AI tutor that answers back, or get matched with other learners and native speakers for a text chat.
Practise what you read
Turn a grammar point or article into exercises, so it moves from recognised to usable.
Keep the words
Save new words to My Words and let spaced repetition bring them back before you forget them.
This directory began from a community-built list of free language resources, a year of collecting and checking by Joanna (u/chlebka) and dozens of contributors who suggested links, shared freely. See the original list. We have since expanded, re-checked and re-categorised it, and we keep the per-resource credits where the original list recorded them.