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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 ...
Valts Ernštreits +4 more
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Livonian – the most endangered language in Europe?
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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Livonian social networks and language shift
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2018 This article presents a study of Livonian social networks in the beginning of the 20th century during a time of language shift. In this study, I examine whether the Livonian communities were experiencing a language shift irrespective of the population ...
Patrick O’Rourke
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Livonian language texts in the Estonian Literary Museum 175th or Oskar Loorits fund
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014 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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Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016 Using vocabulary examples from the letters of the only two editors of the 1930s Livonian language newspaper “Līvli”, this article shows that it is possible to find new words in sources which have been little utilized up until now in linguistic studies ...
Renāte Blumberga
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Revitalizing a community language: Livonian and other community languages
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016 The present paper compares efforts to revive the spoken use of two European languages which have fallen into disuse: Cornish, spoken in the southwest of England, and Livonian in Latvia.
Christopher Moseley
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The Effect of Covid-19 on Livonian Language Learning Opportunities
Multiethnica: Journal of the Hugo Valentin Centre, 2021 This article describes two projects created by the Livonian Institute at the University of Latvia to promote Livonian language learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The value and role of digital solutions increased during this period, becoming a part of
Kļava, Gunta, Kļava, Gunta,
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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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Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016 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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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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