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Map 3: average sociolinguistic distance
1.1.1, the northernmost one transcending towards 1.2.1 with Kuprava (10)
in its middle.
This brief socio-geographical analysis confirms in a quantitative way
what can be perceived by living or even travelling through Latgale: although
Latgale is a highly multilingual and multiethnic region, it is clear
from the maps that neither deep nor continuous sociolinguistic borders run
through the territory. The ethno-linguistic landscape of Latgale is, in fact,
shaped by non-localised variables. Linguistically speaking, we find Baltic