Livonian language

Livonian (L?võ k??) 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 the Livonian people is Livonia, located in Latvia, north of the Kurzeme peninsula. It is a highly endangered language. Some of the ethnic Livonians learn or have learnt the language in order to revive it. This is problematic because ethnic Livonians are nowhere in the majority and have little opportunity to use the language.

Related Topics:
Finnic - Finno-Ugric languages - Finnish - Gulf of Finland - Estonian - Livonian people - Livonia - Latvia - Kurzeme - Endangered language

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Its orthography is a derivation of both Latvian and Estonian orthography.

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Roman alphabet:

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A/a, (?/?), B/b, C/c, ?/?, D/d, Ḑ/ḑ, E/e, (?/?), F/f, G/g, ?/?, H/h, I/i, (?/?), J/j, K/k, ?/?, L/l, ?/?, M/m, N/n, ?/?, O/o, (?/?), Ȯ/ȯ, (Ȱ/ȱ), P/p, , R/r, ?/?, S/s, ?/?, Z/z, ?/?, T/t, Ț/ț, U/u, (?/?), V/v, (W/w), Õ/õ, (Ȭ/ȭ), Ä/ä, (Ǟ/ǟ), Ö/ö, (Ȫ/ȫ), Ü/ü, , Y/y, (Ȳ/ȳ)

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