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Introductory survey of the South Estonian language islands

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2021
The South Estonian language islands – Leivu, Lutsi, Kraasna – are three historically South Estonian-speaking exclaves located not only beyond the borders of Estonia, but also geographically separated from the main body of South Estonian speakers for at ...
Uldis Balodis, Karl Pajusalu
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Livonian in the linguistic landscape

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2022
In the context of endangered languages, the linguistic landscape is viewed as an effective way of expressing the symbolic value of a language and enhancing language awareness.
Gunta Kļava, Valts Ernštreits
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The Livonian Jussive: A Corpus Analysis [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2023
Livonian like other Finnic languages has a complex morphological system. Unlike, e.g., Finnish and Estonian, Livonian has not been systematically ­standardised and thus exhibits vast variability in usage.
Milda Dailidėnaitė
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The manifestations of Livonian intangible cultural heritage across the Latvian and Estonian border: framing early field notes from research sites

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2022
Today the Livonian core area includes 14 coastal villages on the northern Courland peninsula in the northwest of Latvia. Yet, the manifestations of Livonian intangible heritage can be observed in several cultural landscapes as Livonians once inhabited ...
Lolita Ozoliņa, Valts Ernštreits, Kadri Koreinik, Ieva Vītola   +3 more
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Chasing Livonian heritage on the Livonian Coast

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2018
In 2018, the Livonian cultural space was added to the Latvian National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, a step towards inclusion in the corresponding UNESCO list.
Baiba Šuvcāne, Valts Ernštreits
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Livonian Orthography; 11-22 [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2007
This article deals with the development of Livonian written language and the related matters starting from the publication of first Livonian books until present day. In total four different spelling systems have been used in Livonian publications.
Valts Ernštreits
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Verbiprefiksid Salatsi liivi keeles

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2017
Artikkel käsitleb Salatsi liivi verbiprefiksite esinemist Johann Andreas Sjögreni materjalide põhjal. Arvestades Kuramaa liivi vastavaid uurimusi ja asjaolu, et Sjögreni ajal oli Salatsi liivi juba väljasurev keel, oleks ootuspärane verbiprefiksite ...
Eberhard Winkler
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Evidentiality in ­Livonian; pp. 41-54 [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2012
The study focuses on dedicated grammatical evidentials and ­evidentiality strategies in the two main dialects of Livonian — Courland and Salaca Livonian.
Petar Kehayov, Helle Metslang, Karl Pajusalu   +2 more
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Historical Phonology from Proto-Finnic to Proto-Livonian [PDF]

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016
This article serves as an attempt to reconstruct the approximate chronological order of the major sound laws between (Late) Proto-Finnic and Proto-Livonian.
Petri Kallio
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Clupea harengus membras: about the etymology of a certain fish name in Estonian, Latvian, and Livonian [PDF]

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2012
In this article, the names of Clupea harengus membras will be considered in Estonian, (Salaca) Livonian and Latvian (respectively räim, reńǵand reņģe ‘Baltic herring’). It will be shown that the source of all of these words is the Estonian-Swedish strämg
Udo Uibo
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