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Declension Classes in Livonian – a Language-User Abstractive Approach; pp. 1-21 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2019 This paper aims to present an abstractive study of Livonian declension classes which lends support to the pedagogical analyses offered in Viitso, Ernštreits 2012. In this study I identify and discuss additional inflexional patterns in the language which
Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth
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Heinrich von Jannau on the Livonians and Livonian Language in Rosenplänter’s Beiträge (1828); pp. 307-309 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2009 In 1828 Heinrich Georg von Jannau published his monograph on the proto- and prelanguage of Estonians. He argued that Estonian is a daughter language of Livonian not Finnish.
Urmas Sutrop
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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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Lutsi speakers and rememberers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2021 This article describes the language of the last speakers of Lutsi as well as their family background and the sources of their language knowledge, in order to show the paths by which Lutsi language knowledge – even if only of a fragmentary sort – has ...
Uldis Balodis
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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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Development, Research and Sources of Written Livonian; pp. 55-67 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2012 Written Livonian started forming in the mid-19th century, when the first more comprehensive language studies as well as editions containing language samples began to be published.
Valts Ernštreits
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Taking the Livonians into the Digital Space
Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications, 2021 The Livonians are a Finno-Ugric nation indigenous to Latvia. They are presently the most endangered culture in the European Union and their language is one of the most endangered languages in the world.
Valts Ernštreits, Gunta Kļava
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The Economic History Review, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 1333-1356, November 2023., 2023 Abstract By relying on longitudinal data on two rural parishes in the Russian Baltic province of Livland, the article analyses two questions concerning famine's short‐run effects on mortality in a manorial system: (1) whether there is evidence of a social gradient in mortality during the famine of 1844–6 and (2) whether the manors could protect the ...
Kersti Lust +2 more
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 120, Issue 1, Page 103-127, March 2022., 2022 Abstract It has long been noticed that the Slavic superlative prefix nai‐/naj‐ comprises two components: *na + *i. The former can be identified with the preposition Sl na ‘on(to)’ which developed an intensifying meaning when used as a prefix. The origin of the second component, on the other hand, has not been determined satisfactorily so far.
Florian Wandl
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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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