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This article discusses developments affecting Livonian during the last decade. It describes actions to promote Livonian during this period, for example, the International Year of Livonian Language and Culture and also discusses the status of Livonian in ...
Valts Ernštreits
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Dundaga parish oronyms (hill names) of Livonian origin in Juris Plāķis’ Latvian toponym publication [PDF]
Each less known addition to the collection of authentic Livonian language materials is very valuable, and a small contribution can also be made by Juris Plāķis’ publication about Latvian, i.e., Courland toponyms, among which Livonian ones can be found as
Ojārs Bušs
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Grammatical changes caused by contact between Livonian and Latvian
The article provides insight into the process of various grammatical changes in Livonian and Latvian that have taken place as a result of prolonged contact between the languages.
Valts Ernštreits, Gunta Kļava
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Edela-Eesti kohad ja keel Salomo Heinrich Vestringi sõnaraamatus
Artikkel käsitleb Salomo Heinrich Vestringi eesti-saksa sõnaraamatut „Lexicon Esthonico Germanicum”, mis on koostatud 18. sajandi alguses ja ilmus trükituna esmakordselt alles 1998. aastal.
Karl Pajusalu
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Livonian place names: documentation, problems, and opportunities
Livonian is one of the most endangered languages in Europe. Place names of Livonian origin are found not only where Livonian was recently spoken, but also in territories historically inhabited by Livonians across Latvia.
Valts Ernštreits
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Curonian linguistic elements in Livonian
Researchers of Finnic languages have stressed the special position of Livonian among its close relatives due to the great number of Latvian loan elements. The Latvian influence is noteworthy and present in all levels of the language.
Lembit Vaba
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The present article studies the usage of the Estonian verb jääda and Livonian īedõ in various grammatical constructions. Although in both languages they can be attested to convey REMAIN and CHANGE, there are differences in their use depending on the ...
Miina Norvik, Külli Prillop
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Livonian language texts in the Estonian Literary Museum 175th or Oskar Loorits fund
The article considers written Livonian language sources located in the Estonian Cultural History Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum and which linguists can use in their studies.
Renāte Blumberga
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Survey of research on Livonian prosody
The aim of the article is to give an overview of previous studies concerning Livonian prosody. In separate subsections a characterization of earlier treatments of the Livonian quantity and tone system will be provided. The Livonian prosodic system became
Tuuli Tuisk
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Non-modal phonation associated with stød vowels in Livonian
Livonian is unique among the Finnic languages in possessing a two-way tonal contrast in primary stressed syllables. Observed already in the earliest linguistic descriptions of Livonian, this two-way contrast between stressed syllables with stød (also ...
Uldis Balodis
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