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Livonian language - Definition and Overview

Livonian (Līvõ kēļ) belongs to the Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric languages. It is now spoken by only about 35 people, 10 of them fluently. It is related to Finnish, spoken on the other side of the Gulf of Finland, and Estonian. The native land of Livonians is Latvia, north of Kurzeme peninsula. It is one of the most endangered languages in the world.

Livonian (Liv)
Spoken in: Latvia
Region: Livonia
Total speakers: 150-1,500
Ranking: Not in top 100
Genetic classification: Uralic languages
 Finno-Ugric languages
  Finno-Lappic
   Baltic Finnic
    Livonian
Official status
Official language of: -
Regulated by: -
Language codes
ISO 639-1-
ISO 639-2fiu
SILLIV


Its ortography is a derivation of both Latvian and Estonian ortography

Roman alphabet:

A/a, (Ā/ā), B/b, C/c, Č/č, D/d, Ḑ/ḑ, E/e, (Ē/ē), F/f, G/g, Ģ/ģ, H/h, I/i, (Ī/ī), J/j, K/k, Ķ/ķ, L/l, Ļ/ļ, M/m, N/n, Ņ/ņ, O/o, (Ō/ō), Ȯ/ȯ, (Ȱ/ȱ), P/p, [Q/q], R/r, Ŗ/ŗ, S/s, Š/š, Z/z, Ž/ž, T/t, Ț/ț, U/u, (Ū/ū), V/v, (W/w), Õ/õ, (Ȭ/ȭ), Ä/ä, (Ǟ/ǟ), Ö/ö, (Ȫ/ȫ), Ü/ü, [X/x], Y/y, (Ȳ/ȳ)

External link


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Example Usage of Livonian
videocrux: #Videocrux - Livonian asking help from EU to protect their tradition http://bit.ly/6BHzwr
videocrux: #Videocrux - Livonian want their leader to protect the Latvia culture http://bit.ly/7Du7jL
videocrux: #Videocrux - Livonian people trying to preserve their heritage http://bit.ly/6cvfUe
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