Liv
PrintA language of Latvia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Livõ kel, Livonian
Population
15 (1995 V. Zeps). May be one speaker with full competence (Salminen 2007).
Location
Kurzeme, west of Kolkasrags, 8 coastal villages; Riga area dispersed.
Language Maps
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Dialects
Eastern Livonian (Vidzeme), Western Livonian (Kurzeme, Raandalist).
Language Use
Language Development
NT: 1942.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
Christian.