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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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Social inequalities in famine mortality in the manorial system of the tsarist Russian province of Livland in the mid‐1840s

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, Martin Klesment, Hannaliis Jaadla   +2 more
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Superlative Morphology from Syntax: Slavic Nai‐/Naj‐ and Internal Definiteness Marking in Old Lithuanian

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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A Few More Possible Traces of the Lost Language Chain of North-East Europe [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2022
There are numerous exceptional similarities between some of the east- and southward Finnic languages and Permic languages, in particular in case of the Veps, South-Estonian and Komi languages.
Ago Künnap
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Medieval Livonian County Metsepole and the Historical and Linguistic Border between Livonians and Estonians; pp. 253-268 [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2009
The article focuses on the issue of the northern border of Metsepole in the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia and in two earlier treaties from the 13th century.
Urmas Sutrop, 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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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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