Livonian

[aka rānda kēļ, Liv, Liivõ Keelj]

Classification: Uralic

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Death of a language: last ever speaker of Livonian passes away aged 103

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article3782596.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_06_05

Newspaper article from The Times Europe. Excerpt: "The last native speaker of the ancient Baltic language of Livonian has died aged 103. Grizelda Kristina, who fled Latvia with her husband to escape the war in 1944, died in Canada after spending her last years helping to document a language that modern-day Latvians cannot understand."

Bryn Hauk

Berlin

Jan. 1, 2013

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