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ISO 639-3 · livliv
Uralic family · extinct or historical language
Livonian
līvõ kēļ
Livonian is an extinct or historical language of the Finnic branch (Uralic), spoken in Latvia. Wikidata counts about 1 speakers (2022). Wikidata describes it as “Southern Finnic language closely related to Estonian”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
liv- Glottocode
livv1244- Family
- Uralic
- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 90 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Livonian · līvõ kēļ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Liv, liv, Līvõ kēļ, Livonian language, Rāndakēļ |
| All speakers | 1 (2022) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Livonian
The branches above Livonian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Latvia
belBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · NationallavLatvianIndo-European · 1.5 mSafeyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredltgLatgalianIndo-European · 200,0005 · DevelopingrmlBaltic RomaniIndo-European · 50,0005 · DevelopinglslLatvian Sign Languageunclassified · 2,0005 · DevelopingsxlSelonianIndo-EuropeanExtinct