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Lexical Relations between Salaca Livonian and Estonian Dialects; pp. 283-298 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2009 The present study is based on the Salaca Livonian dictionary compiled by Eberhard Winkler and Karl Pajusalu (Winkler, Pajusalu 2009), which assembles the vocabulary of all the Salaca Livonian sources. The Salaca Livonian dialect, which is a major variety
Karl Pajusalu +2 more
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Livonian place names: documentation, problems, and opportunities
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2020 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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The relationship between Salaca Livonian and Courland Livonian dialects
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014 The article examines the relationship between the two prominent forms of Livonian: Salaca Livonian, spoken on the territory of historical Livonia, and Courland Livonian.
Karl Pajusalu
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A journey of discovery through the Livonian world: the scholarly work of Tiit-Rein Viitso
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2018 This article presents a survey of Tiit-Rein Viitso’s studies on Livonian. Viitso has studied a variety of aspects of this southernmost Finnic language.
Tuuli Tuisk, Karl Pajusalu
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The role of Livonian in Latvia from a sociolinguistic perspective
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2018 This article examines the role of Livonian in present-day Latvia and describes the Livonian language situation in the context of Latvia’s language situation and current sociolinguistic issues.
Ina Druviete, Gunta Kļava
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Livonian in the 21st century [PDF]
Études finno-ougriennes, 2012 Today there are about 40 people worldwide who can communicate (level B1 or higher skills according to Europass) in Livonian, of whom only a half is of Livonian origin and only one is a native speaker. Optimistically judging there are up to 210 A1 and A2 level speakers.
Ernštreits, Valts
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Observations on affricates in Livonian
Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, 2018 The aim of the current article is to observe affricates in Livonian. Studies on the Finnic languages have described affricates in South Estonian, Veps, Votic, and Karelian, while Livonian affricates are poorly studied. The phonetic data used in this article show that the voiceless alveolar affricate /ts/ [͡ts], voiceless palatal alveolar affricate / tš/
Tuisk, Tuuli
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Main features of the Livonian sound system and pronunciation
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016 The aim of this article is to give an overview of the Livonian sound system and pronunciation. Regarding Livonian dialectal variation, the main difference is between East and West Livonian, while Central Livonian forms a transition area. The basis of the
Tuuli Tuisk
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Livonian landscapes in the historical geography of Livonia and the division of Livonian tribes
Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, 2014 There is no exact consensus on the division and sub-division of the former Livonian territories at the end of the ancient independence period in the 12th century. Even the question of the Coastal Livonians in Courland – were they an indigenous Livonian tribe or a replaced eastern Livonian tribe – remains unsolved.
Urmas Sutrop, Sutrop, Urmas
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Language resources and tools for Livonian
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2022 This article describes linguistic collections of Livonian, development of digital resources, and their usage. The main motivation is to ensure the accessibility of Livonian intangible cultural heritage and linguistic materials for the Livonian and ...
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