Latvianization

This process continued over time and by 1990s the Germanic barbarisms (unwarranted borrowings) were to a great extent removed from the literary Latvian.

"[2] In the 21st century some groups and government organizations (Terminology Commission of the Latvian Academy of Science and the State Language Center) work to counter the influence of Russian and English.

[7] Demographer Ilmārs Mežs [lv] has estimated that nowadays around a third of all the Latvian surnames are of German origin.

After the discussions of the Linguistic Commission, the 1927 "Law on writing names and surnames in Latvian passports" was adopted by the Saeima, followed by governmental regulations to enact it.

Russian-style patronymics are not considered part of the official Latvian personal name ( Ioakim Ioakimovich Vatsetis > Jukums Vācietis) .

[11] Leader of Latvia Government Later life and death Family Kārlis Ulmanis during his authoritarian rule openly promoted the removal of the ethnic minorities (in fact, Latvian Jews) from economic life and of giving the ethnic Latvians access to all positions in the national economy.