Director of Livonian Institute of the Latvian University/ LI Līvõd institūt Dr. Valts Ernštreits: “Indigenous cultures and languages keep every country of the world culturally and linguistically diverse, healthy and rich”. https://t.co/RX4OjzerxR
For the 1️⃣st time Latvia 🇱🇻 and it’s indigenous people – Livonians🇸🇱- a tiny community of 250 and 20 speakers - speak @UN 🇺🇳Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2️⃣0️⃣th session #UNPFII sharing experience & ideas for ensuring sustainability of the indigenous people around the world
24. martā novadu kultūras, tūrisma, izglītības jomu pārstāvji, interesenti aicināti piedalīties seminārā, kur @DHinLatvia dalībnieki stāstīs par digitālo resursu pielietojumu. LU LFMI piedalīsies ar @garamantas, https://t.co/n3tZzakPmS un https://t.co/zBi6Ti5aKk demonstrācijām.
Livonian language (līvõ kēļ) is among most endangered native languages in the #EU with about 20 speakers. There are about 250 ethnic Livs in Latvia. Sing along & learn some #Livonian on Livonian Institute channel: https://t.co/9uPoMyPYPP #MotherLanguageDay
🏛 UNESCO Apdraudēto valodu sarkanajā grāmatā ir ierakstīta Latvijas pirmiedzīvotāju 🗣 lībiešu valoda.
👍 Pārbaudi savas zināšanas par valodām ap mums @letonikalv testā!
https://t.co/aXiR4jtFp9
Dzimtās valodas dienā iepazīsti visapdraudētāko valodu Eiropā – lībiešu valodu. Šodien to prot vien ~30 cilvēku. Noklausies dialogu no filmas "Limuzīns Jāņu nakts krāsā" lībiešu val., kas veidots @LVenciklopedija šķirklim: https://t.co/LayCxeIrL9
Šķirklis: https://t.co/SMVlr1ftcB
Congratulations!!! 'Trilium 2.0 ' is out. Following 2018 bilingual version (Livonian & English), this collection of V.Ernštreits, B.Damberga and Ķempju Kārlis can be read in 3 languages - Livonian, Estonian and Latvian. Publ. by The International Society of Livonian Friends.
The zodiac signs in Livonian... 🇸🇱
♈Jōsõ
♉Ǟrga
♊Dvīnõd
♋Vējõz
♌Louv
♍Neitst
♎Vōigõd
♏Skorpion
♐Vibmīez
♑Mõtsābokā
♒Viedvalāji
♓Kalād
(And for those of you who are curious, Ophiuchus is ⛎Ūškakāndaji)
A new Livonian-learning song from the UL Livonian Institute: Ku ma randõ lǟb (When I go to the shore) by Ulla Fraser.
Learn to use the partitive case for objects of ārmaztõ 'to love' & the illative case with lǟb 'I go, s/he goes' for directional motion.
https://t.co/XVHPr3LCOx
Periodicals have been published in Livonian since Latvia's interwar independence. That means that there also were ads in Livonian. Here's my favorite from the back of the 1934 Livonian almanac. "Amā populārlimi papiros Lețmōl" means "The most popular cigarette in Latvia".
Lībīšu kūpīna nav lela, bet stypra. Sarunā ar Valtu Ernštreitu par tū, kai suocēs juo lībīšu aktivista gaitys, par lībīšu volūdys situaceju i volūdys saglobuošonu
#SIF_MAF2020
https://t.co/zGiFgEIfEE
I was looking at Finnish linguist Heikki Ojansuu's 1911 field notes on Leivu (spoken near Lejasciems and Ilzene in NE Latvia) and found this note about a priest giving some Leivu speakers sections of the Gospel of Matthew in Livonian, but them mostly not understanding it.