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Livonian LanguageLivonian (Līv kēļ) 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 Livonians is Latvia, north of Kurzeme peninsula. It is one of the most endangered languages in the world. Its orthography is a derivation of both Latvian and Estonian orthography Roman alphabet: A/a, (Ā/ā), B/b, C/c, Č/č, D/d, Ḑ/ḑ, E/e, (Ē/ē), F/f, G/g, Ģ/ģ, H/h, I/i, (Ī/ī), J/j, K/k, Ķ/ķ, L/l, Ļ/ļ, M/m, N/n, Ņ/ņ, O/o, (Ō/ō), Ȯ/ȯ, (Ȱ/ȱ), P/p, Q/q, R/r, Ŗ/ŗ, S/s, Š/š, Z/z, /, T/t, Ț/ț, U/u, (Ū/ū), V/v, (W/w), /, (Ȭ/ȭ), /, (Ǟ/ǟ), /, (Ȫ/ȫ), /, X/x, Y/y, (Ȳ/ȳ) Language example MUST PLAG VALS - Kubb t tu immr satunnd mingizt.
- Must lupt um vrd tutkm js.
- Nlgalizt nelb min mistmt rkd
- Sigt kds ik dad ja gb.
- Mitik b t ku sa kratkst pgi:
- Um jvst, a sina pl kratd “A”.
- Vid stalaod arr, a sain b sita –
- Ma vgi set ktb, ku jvst ted sa
- Ja tikki ja teg um lagtd sin tmi
- Sest, mis sinnn temst ja mis sin vid.
- A suggbd suodd ja revoltsijd,
- Siz nustm ses pikal. Pd ka mg.
- A nai ikkrd vldi ka mddn teb sill.
- ez() palbd slmad, kus pegitiz irm.
- Siz grum touvd md’ ndabd vill
- Ja kzzist pkstbd pimdd joud.
- Ni dskubs himn mg llam e pierr,
- Sest mi ta kitsb ja snda ka tks.
- Sest llam mg: “Julgizt ni, ved, te jr!”
- Tuds sidms opprmel prndks.
- Leb Valst igastsad vilb se kngaz,
- Must ku loptmt mlmarim.
- Ku ebd pandkst, kod ja kuodd,
- Tddn nagrs muidlb koln pl.
- Lyrics by Tnu Trubetsky
- Translated by Valt Ernštreit
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