Langenesis

Uralic family

Livonian

c. 1000 CE – 2013 CE Extinct

Livonian (c. 1000 CE – 2013 CE) is an extinct Uralic language. Lineage: Proto-Uralic → Proto-Finnic → Livonian.

See Livonian on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
liv
Glottocode
livv1244

Finnic language of the Courland coast, Latvia. The last native speaker, Grizelda Kristiņa, died in 2013; a small revival community uses it as a second language.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uralicc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Finnicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Livonianc. 1000 CE – 2013 CE

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-Finnic.

Sources