Livonian language

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The Livonian language is an almost extinct Uralic language historically spoken by the Livonian people along the northern coast of Latvia.

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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.

Proto-Finnic language ancestorOf Livonian language
South Estonian language closelyRelatedTo Livonian language
Finnic languages hasMember Livonian language
Finno-Ugric languages hasMember Livonian language
Uralic languages hasMember Livonian language
Proto-Finnic language reconstructedFrom Livonian language