Livonian

Southern Finnic language closely related to Estonian
Intangible natural_language Q33698
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Livonian

Summary

Livonian is a natural language[1]. Livonian draws 1,542 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #89 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Livonian is in the country of Latvia[3].
  • Livonian's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Livonian's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Livonian's instance of is recorded as dead language[6].
  • Livonian is a type of Finnic[7].
  • Livonian's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Livonian's Commons category is recorded as Livonian language[9].
  • Livonian's Wikimedia language code is recorded as liv[10].
  • Livonian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Livonian language[11].
  • Livonian's described at URL is recorded as https://uralic.clld.org/languages/5[12].
  • Livonian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[13].
  • Livonian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[14].
  • Livonian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'liv', 'text': 'līvõ kēļ'}[15].
  • Livonian's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered[16].
  • Livonian's indigenous to is recorded as Dundaga Municipality[17].
  • Livonian's indigenous to is recorded as Ventspils Municipality[18].
  • Livonian's indigenous to is recorded as Riga[19].
  • Livonian's indigenous to is recorded as Ventspils[20].
  • Livonian's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 9 Dormant[21].
  • Livonian's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Q131938994[22].
  • Livonian's extinction date is recorded as 2013[23].
  • Livonian's Wikimedia Incubator URL is recorded as https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/liv[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4], modern language[5], and dead language[6]. Livonian is a type of Finnic[7].

Why It Matters

Livonian draws 1,542 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #89 of 734).[2] Livonian has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Livonian is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Subclass of Finnic
    Unesco language status 5 critically endangered
    Maintained by wikiproject Q131938994
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20329, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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