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!
1835 – Kārlis Baumanis, author of the anthem of the Republic of Latvia was born into a family of Jēkabs Baumanis, a farmer of Vilkene civil parish and Anna Feldmane, a Liv from Burtnieki. Died in 1905.
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2005 – at Tartu University, a conference on the normative Liv language took place.
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1910 – Andrejs Šulcs, the first professional Liv painter was born. Died in 2006.
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1821 – in Pize village, Jāņ Prints, Jr., a Liv poet and translator was born. Died in 1904.
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1938 – Seppo Suhonen, a Finnish linguist and researcher of the Liv language was born.
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