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Language resources and tools for Livonian [PDF]
Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, 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 research communities as well as using digital technologies for the purpose of ensuring accessibility and ...
Valts Ernštreits +4 more
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Livonian landscapes in the historical geography of Livonia and the division of Livonian tribes [PDF]
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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Analogical development of Livonian i-adjectives [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse AjakiriThis article presents both a diachronic and synchronic explanation for the occurrence of the suffix -i in Livonian adjectives. The suffix is prevalent among Livonian adjectives and in most cases it can be derived directly from the Finnic suffix *-in(En),
Patrick O'Rourke
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A century of Livonian studies at the University of Tartu [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2022 The significance of the Livonian language and culture to Estonians is greater than mere historical closeness. The discipline of Livonian studies has been a part of Estonian national self-definition.
Tuuli Tuisk, Karl Pajusalu
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Livonian – the most endangered language in Europe? [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014 Drawing on my experience as General Editor of the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, as well as my own research interest in the Livonian language, the situation of Livonian is here compared with that of some other threatened languages of ...
Christopher Moseley
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Methods for expanding the Livonian lexicon [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016 This article explores opportunities for expanding the vocabulary of Livonian through compounds, borrowings, derived words, and calques. It is clear that these methods have been effectively used already throughout the entire period of development of the ...
Valts Ernštreits
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Curonian linguistic elements in Livonian [PDF]
Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, 2014 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. Baltic influence on Livonian is, however, more diverse both linguistically and chronologically.
Vaba, Lembit
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Livonian features in Estonian dialects [PDF]
Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, 2016 This article presents linguistic innovations which are typical of both Courland and Salaca Livonian and are also known in the neighbouring Estonian dialect areas. These innovative features are phonological, morphological, and morphosyntactic. The features are present mainly in western and southwestern Estonia, but also more specifically in areas close ...
Patrick O’Rourke, Karl Pajusalu
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Oskar Looritsa liivi folkloori kogu [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2022 The Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum hold a valuable collection of Livonian ethnography and folklore – Oskar Loorits’ collection of Livonian folklore.
Tuuli Tuisk
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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 +3 more
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