Language name and locationː Livonian, Dundaga, Latvia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 立沃尼亚语, 拉脱维亚西北部敦达加自治市及文茨皮尔斯市

 

1. ik.ʃ

21.  kak.ʃkim.d ik.ʃ

2. kak.ʃ

22.  kak.ʃkim.d kak.ʃ

3. kŭol.m

23.  kak.ʃkim.d kŭol.m

4. neːlʲa

24.  kak.ʃkim.d neːlʲa

5. viːʃ

25.  kak.ʃkim.d viːʃ

6. kuːʃ

26.  kak.ʃkim.d kuːʃ

7. sei.s.

27.  kak.ʃkim.d sei.s

8. kɔːʔdəks

28.  kak.ʃkim.d kɔːʔdəks

9. iːʔdəks

29.  kak.ʃkim.d iːʔdəks

10. kimː

30.  kŭol.mkim.d

11. ik.ʃtŭois.tən

40.  neːlʲakim.d

12. kak.ʃtŭois.tən

50.  viːʃkim.d

13. kŭol.mtŭois.tən

60.  kŭol.mkim.d

14. neːlʲatŭois.tən

70.  sei.s.kim.d

15. viːʃtŭois.tən

80.  kɔːʔdəkskim.d

16. kuːʃtŭois.tən

90.  iːʔdəkskim.d

17. sei.s.tŭois.tən

100. sada.

18. kɔːʔdəkstŭois.tən

200. kakʃ sada.

19. iːʔdəkstŭois.tən

1000. tuʔontːə

20. kak.ʃkim.d

2000. kak.ʃtuʔontːə

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Ago Künnap, University of Tartu, Estonia, December 7, 1992.
言名称和分布地区: Prof. Ago Künnap, 1992 年 12 月 7 日.

 

Other comments: Livonian or Liv has a decimal numeral. The Livonian language is a Finnic language. Although its last native speaker died in 2013, there are about 40 reported speakers and 210 having reported some knowledge of the language. The native land of the Livonian people is the Livonian Coast of the Gulf of Livonia, located in the north of the Kurzeme peninsula in Latvia. Possibly unique among the Uralic languages, Livonian has been described as a pitch-accent language.
Some ethnic Livonians are learning or have learned Livonian in an attempt to revive it, but because ethnic Livonians are a small minority, opportunities to use Livonian are limited. The Estonian newspaper Eesti Päevaleht erroneously announced that Viktors Bertholds, who died on 28 February 2009, was the last native speaker who started Latvian-language school as a monolingual. Some other Livonians had argued, however, that there were some native speakers left, including Viktors Bertholds' cousin, Grizelda Kristiņa, who died in 2013. An article published by the Foundation for Endangered Languages in 2007 stated that there were only 182 registered Livonians and a mere six native speakers. In a 2009 conference proceeding, it was mentioned that there could be "at best 10 living native" speakers of the language.
The promotion of the Livonian language as a living language has been advanced mostly by the Livonian Cultural Centre (Līvõ Kultūr Sidām), an organisation of mostly young Livonians. Livonian as a lesser used language in Latvia – along with Latgalian – is represented by the Latvian Bureau of Lesser Used Languages (LatBLUL), formerly a national branch of the European Bureau of Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL).


 

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