The Riga Latvian Society’s Latvian Language Advancement Group 
 Leader: Mg. paed. Uģis Nastevičs
Contacts: jpn@inbox.lv   

The activities and meetings of the group is voluntary work done with an idea that Latvian language is of high value and the basis of Latvian State. We have inherited the knowledge from our outstanding cultural workers and the real linguists, and we try to find new strength on their knowledge basis, to help solving our language’s problems – because: „Language develops, progressing further according to its norms and its old samples, but not under the influence of other languages.” J.Endzelīns

RLS Latvian Language Advancement Group (RLS LLAG) was founded in September 2001. The group’s aim is the development of Latvian language that is based on the greatest Latvian linguists’ Mīlenbach’s and Endzelīns’ knowledge and contribution. Inter alia, the group’s aim is to promote discussion about the topical language questions, promote linguistics development in Latvia that is based on knowledge and science, as well as to prevent the language decree and harmful regulations’ continuation in language practice in Latvia that come from Soviet times.

With our group’s help have been created several useful editions – here about some newest:

• Rasma Grīsle lectures’ notes in Jānis Endzelīns’ language introductory course: „Jānis Endzelīns’ Latvian Language’s Propaedeutics’ Lecture Course” – in book stores and Occupation Museum’s book store
• „J.Endzelīns’ and K.Mīlenbach’s Latvian Language Teaching” - www.eraksti.lv (for free!)
• Jānis Kušķis „Our Language II, Advices for Latvian Language Lowers”  - Book and/or CD - in book stores and Occupation Museum’s book store
• Dr. Philol. Rasma Grīsle  „Heterotons’ Dictionary” – in book stores, Latvian Academy’s of Science book store and Occupation Museum’s book store
• Latvian language storage’s “Latvian Language Spelling Dictionary”, - www.eraksti.lv (for free!)
• Prof. J. Endzelīns’ answers, “RLS Language Section’s Meetings’ protocols 1933 – 1942” - www.eraksti.lv (for free!)
• Several our group’s participants have planned to make new dictionary on the basis of the Latvian language storage’s Latvian Language Spelling Dictionary supplementing it with new words. Suggestions, please, send to : Aldis Rozentāls, torero@apollo.lv; Ainārs Zelčs, eraksti@eraksti.lv; and Valters Feists, valtersf@parks.lv
• RLS group has its website: read here ...
• We participate and ask everyone to donate for Mīlenbach’s and Endzelīns’ monument by the University of Latvia: Riga Latvian Society’s and national Culture Development Fund, Reg. No. 40008036307,
  account Nr. LV33 UNLA 0002 0564 69469, SEB Bank, UNLALV2X, with note: donation to Mīlenbach’s and Endzelīns’ monument

Each year together with Latvian Writers’ Union and Latvian Academy’s of Science Terminology Commission we organize and ask everybody to participate in the looking for the Year’s word, unword and the winged saying! gadavards@inbox.lv