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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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A century of Livonian studies at the University of Tartu

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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Chasing Livonian heritage on the Livonian Coast

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2018
In 2018, the Livonian cultural space was added to the Latvian National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, a step towards inclusion in the corresponding UNESCO list.
Baiba Šuvcāne, Valts Ernštreits
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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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Loanword strata in Livonian

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014
The article deals with loanword strata in Livonian. The first part of the article compares loanword strata in Courland Livonian to those of Salaca Livonian with regard to source language (Middle Low German, Latvian, High German, and Russian) and parts of
Eberhard Winkler
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Analogical development of Livonian i-adjectives

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
This 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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Developing Keyboards for the Endangered Livonian Language [PDF]

, 2021
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Alnajjar, Khalid, Hämäläinen, Mika
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Curonian linguistic elements in Livonian

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 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.
Lembit Vaba
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Compound formation principles in Livonian

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2018
Compounding is one of the most productive types of Livonian word formation. Compounds typically are synthetic and contain one or more modifiers, which follow the head of the compound. Most compound nouns have a singular genitive modifier.
Valts Ernštreits
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The Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary as a threshold to the era of language technological applications

Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, 2014
This article outlines the multiple use of electronic source materials from the Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary of 2012 in a “Kone Foundation” funded project for developing finite-state morphological parsers.
Rueter, Jack
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