Livonian language
E74278
The Livonian language is an almost extinct Uralic language historically spoken by the Livonian people along the northern coast of Latvia.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Finnic language
ⓘ
Uralic language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ minority language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Estonian language
ⓘ
Latvian language (areal contact) ⓘ |
| country | Latvia ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguistic fieldwork in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
World War II population losses
ⓘ
assimilation policies ⓘ language shift to Latvian ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Livonian people ⓘ |
| family |
Uralic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Uralic language family
|
| hasDialects |
Courland Livonian
ⓘ
Salaca Livonian ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
German language
ⓘ
Latvian ⓘ
surface form:
Latvian language
Russian language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
palatalization contrasts
ⓘ
quantity distinction in vowels and consonants ⓘ vowel harmony (relics) ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasStandardization | modern orthography based on Latin script ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Governorate of Courland
ⓘ
surface form:
Courland
Vidzeme ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Latvian
ⓘ
surface form:
Latvian language
|
| ISO639-1Code | none ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | liv ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | liv ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch |
Finnic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Balto-Finnic
|
| languageStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| morphology | rich case system ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Latvian law on minority languages ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | indigenous language of Latvia ⓘ |
| region | northern coast of Latvia ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community cultural events
ⓘ
language courses ⓘ publication of textbooks and dictionaries ⓘ summer language camps ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | Gulf of Riga ⓘ |
| subfamily | Finnic branch ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | critically endangered language ⓘ |
| usedIn | Livonian cultural organizations ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.