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Livonians
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The Livonians, or Livs, are a Balto-Finnic people indigenous to the Livonian Coast, in northwestern Latvia. Livonians historically spoke Livonian, a Uralic language closely related to Estonian and Finnish. It was believed that the last person to have learned and spoken Livonian as a mother tongue, Grizelda Kristiņa, died in 2013. In 2020, however, it was reported that newborn Kuldi Medne had become the only living person who speaks Livonian as their first language. As of 2010, there were approximately 30 people who had learned it as a second language.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Livonians
- Ethnic group.flag
- Flag of the Livonians.svg
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Flag of the Livonians
- Ethnic group.population
- 432–616
- Ethnic group.regions
- Latvia (Livonian Coast)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Livonian, Latvian
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 166 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 235 (2002)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 15 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 7 (2002)
- Ethnic group.religions
- Lutheranism
- Ethnic group.related
- Other Baltic FinnsEspecially Finns, Estonians, Setos, Võros, Votians, Vepsians and Izhorians
- Ethnic group.native_name
- līvlizt
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- national minority
- Subclass of
- Baltic Finns
- Part of
- Baltic Finns
- Languages spoken
- Livonian
- Native language
- Livonian
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Country
- Latvia
- Population
- 400
- Country of origin
- Latvia
- Location
- Livonian coast
- Image
- Прэзідэнт Латвіі Э. Левітс з урадоўцамі Талсінскага самакіравання і прадстаўнікамі ліўскай этна-культурнай супольнасці.jpg
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- language used
- Livonian
- topic's main category
- Category:Livonians
- Commons category
- Livonians
- native label
- līvlizt
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistory
- The Middle Ages
- Under foreign powers (1558–1795)
- Assimilation and isolation (1795–1914)
- World War I
- The interwar years
- The Second World War
- Repression by the Soviet Union
- Modern situation
- Notable Livonians
- See also
- References
- External links
The Livonians, or Livs, are a Balto-Finnic people indigenous to the Livonian Coast, in northwestern Latvia. Livonians historically spoke Livonian, a Uralic language closely related to Estonian and Finnish. It was believed that the last person to have learned and spoken Livonian as a mother tongue, Grizelda Kristiņa, died in 2013. In 2020, however, it was reported that newborn Kuldi Medne had become the only living person who speaks Livonian as their first language. As of 2010, there were approximately 30 people who had learned it as a second language.
Historical, social and economic factors, together with an ethnically dispersed population, have resulted in the decline of Livonian identity, with only a small group surviving in the 21st century. In 2011, there were 250 people who claimed Livonian ethnicity in Latvia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Livonians” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.