Editing Language and the euro (section)

===Latvian===
[[File:Advertising on a Riga tram using the word ‘eiro’ for the euro.jpg|thumb|Advertising on a tram using the word 'eiro' for the euro]]
In [[Latvian language|Latvian]] the commonly used term is '''''eiro''''' (which somewhat resembles the West European ''euro'', but has also taken its sound from ''Eiropa'', the Latvian word for ''Europe'').<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4578806.stm |title=Latvia grapples with EU over euro |work=[[BBC News]] |date=3 January 2006 |access-date=25 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/11051/ |title=No 'eira' - but 'eiro' will do |date=6 October 2004 |publisher=[[The Baltic Times]] |access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref>

In 2004 it was proposed by Terminology Commission of the [[Latvian Academy of Sciences]] that standardized usage should be '''''eira''''' as ''eiro'' is [[Latvian declension|undeclinable in Latvian]]. The commission argued that a potentially frequently used term needs to fit especially well in the structure of [[Latvian grammar]]. They suggested that ''eiro'' is especially inconvenient to use in [[dative]] and [[locative]], which would necessitate addition of ''valūta'' ("currency") for clarification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vvk.lv/index.php?sadala=236&id=792 |title=Valsts valoda - 2004 (9) |publisher=Vvk.lv |access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref>

However, this decision resulted in public outcry, which resulted in the commission amending its original ruling to state that usage of ''euro'' is inappropriate for Latvian, and that ''eiro'' is acceptable as a parallel form, but its use should be limited and it should be dropped over time. The reasoning was explained, that while they still insist on the use of ''eira'', they acknowledge that a half of users of the language are not content with such a form. They explained that the use of ''euro'' (and ''cent'' without [[nominative]] ending) is ill-suited to the language because an ''eu'' diphthong does not exist in Latvian, and orthographic rules discourage spellings that don't reflect pronunciation.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Ilze Sedliņa |author2=Zaida Kalniņa |author3=«Latvijas Vēstnesis» |url=http://www.apollo.lv/zinas/eira-eiro-vai-euro/292783 |title=Eira, eiro vai euro? &#124; Apollo |publisher=Apollo.lv |access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref>