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Livonian

Southern Finnic language closely related to Estonian
Class type of: Finnic Q33698

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
natural language, modern language, dead language[4]
Country
Latvia[3]
Subclass of
Finnic
Ethnologue language status
9 Dormant[14]
Extinction date
2013[16]
Indigenous to
Dundaga Municipality, Ventspils Municipality, Riga, Ventspils[10][11][12][13]
Maintained by WikiProject
Obelepédia[15]
Native label
līvõ kēļ[8]
Number of speakers, writers, or signers
1 (0–2, n=5)[6][7]
UNESCO language status
5 critically endangered[9]
Writing system
Latin script[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Liv en liv en Rāndakēļ en Livonian language en Livonian en Līvõ kēļ ar الليفونية ar ليفونية cs Livština cs livonština cs Livonský jazyk da Livisk de Livonisch de livische Sprache de Livisch el λιβονική γλώσσα es livón es livonio fa زبان لیوونیایی fi liivi
🔖 Identifiers · 27
GND ID
4120240-5
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300391521
Described at URL
uralic.clld.org
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Livonian-language
Endangeredlanguages.com ID
3388
Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID
cc76
Ethnologue.com language code
liv
Freebase ID
/m/01k0lx
Glottolog code
livv1244
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2173277
IETF language tag
liv
ISO 639-3 code
liv
Show all 27 identifiers +15
Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID
5259
Libris-URI
sq465ztb2ppqgcn
NL CR AUT ID
ph239895
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007533599205171
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1395509
POSIX locale identifier
liv
Postimees topic ID
231322
SELIBR ID
152560
Topic's main category
Category:Livonian language
WALS lect code
liv
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
06970508-n
YSA ID
Y101909
YSO ID
20329
Yale LUX ID
concept/bd1ea5e8-f0e7-4096-8d95-31f85c7d011d
Yle topic ID
18-88647

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🔗 Connections
← Category combines topics 14
Category:Livonian nouns, Category:Livonian pronouns, Category:Livonian numerals, Category:liv:All topics, Category:liv:Anatomy, Category:liv:Countries, Category:liv:Animals, Category:liv:Months +6 more
← Languages spoken, written or signed 12
Livonians, Kōrli Stalte, Grizelda Kristiņa, Ako, Valts Ernštreits, Pētõr Damberg, Edgar Vaalgamaa, Hilda Grīva +4 more
← Writing language 6
Kōrli Stalte, Pētõr Damberg, Edgar Vaalgamaa, Alfons Bertholds, Augusts Skadiņš, Paulīne Kļaviņa
← Language used 5
Latvia, Ventspils, Livonians, Ventspils Municipality, Dundaga Municipality
Indigenous to 4
Riga, Ventspils, Ventspils Municipality, Dundaga Municipality
← Language of work or name 4
Min izāmō, English Wiktionary, Līvli, Livonian literature
← Native language 4
Livonians, Kōrli Stalte, Grizelda Kristiņa, Viktors Bertholds
Instance of 3
natural language, dead language, modern language
Country 1
Latvia
Subclass of 1
Finnic
Topic's main category 1
Category:Livonian language
Writing system 1
Latin script
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Livonian language
← Field of work 1
Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann
← Official language 1
Livonian confederation
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Summary

Livonian is a natural language[1]. Livonian is a type of Finnic[2].

Related Entities

Latvia

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Subclass of → Finnic
    UNESCO language status → 5 critically endangered
    Maintained by WikiProject → Obelepédia
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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