Daily words
Rīgõ l
 Riia ▫ Rīga

sä’m s
 sõõm, neelang ▫ malks ● Ī’d sä’m ma juoi. OR77.1 Ühe sõõmu ma jõin. ▫ Vienu malku es izdzēru.

potīļ s
 pudel ▫ pudele ● Ta u’m potīļ si’zzõl vaņtlõn. KK77 a Ta on pudelisse vaadanud. ▫ Viņš ir ieskatījies pudelē.

This portal was created by Līvõ Kultūr sidām (The Livonian Culture Centre) and offers a wide range of information on the Livonians, their culture, language, and history. Here you can discover the places the Livonians have lived, their cultural monuments, the location of their most important archives, and also about new Livonian-related events and exhibitions. You can learn about Livonian traditional and contemporary culture as well as become acquainted with their community organisations and most important personalities. The UL Livonian Institute section contains information about this institution as well as Livonian-Estonian-Latvian dictionary which is updated on an ongoing basis and which is supplemented with word forms and data from the Livonian language corpus. This section also contains the Livonian place name list, a list of Livonian borrowings in Latvian, and other resources for learning about and studying Livonian. The Library section contains a collection of articles, links, and videos on Livonian topics grouped by category.

We wish you success learning about Livonian culture!

Calender
04/08
1994 – in Mazirbe, an international scientific conference ‘Livs and their culture: conservation theory and experience of small nations’ language and culture’ took place.
05/08
2000 – Kersti Boiko presented her Liv text-book.
06/08
1939 – in Mazirbe, the Liv Community House was opened.
07/08
1930 – Veljo Tormis, an Estonian composer was born. He richly used the traditional Finno-Ugric, including Liv tunes in his music.
07/08
1949 – Helmī Stalte, a Liv folklore expert, was born.