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Livonian (Livõ kel) belongs to the Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric languages. It is now spoken by only about 35 people, 10 of them fluently. It is related to Finnish, spoken on the other side of the Gulf of Finland, and Estonian. The native land of Livonians is Latvia, north of Kurzeme peninsula. It is one of the most endangered languages in the world.

Livonian (Liv)
Spoken in: Latvia
Region: Livonia
Total speakers: 150-1,500
Ranking: Not in top 100
Genetic classification: Uralic languages
  Finno-Ugric languages
   Finno-Lappic
    Baltic Finnic
    Livonian
Official status
Official language of: -
Regulated by: -
Language codes
ISO 639-1-
ISO 639-2fiu
SILLIV

Its ortography is a derivation of both Latvian and Estonian ortography

Roman alphabet:

A/a, (Ā/ā), B/b, C/c, C/c, D/d, Ḑ/ḑ, E/e, (E/e), F/f, G/g, G/g, H/h, I/i, (I/i), J/j, K/k, K/k, L/l, L/l, M/m, N/n, N/n, O/o, (O/o), Ȯ/ȯ, (Ȱ/ȱ), P/p, [Q/q], R/r, R/r, S/s, Š/š, Z/z, Ž/ž, T/t, Ț/ț, U/u, (U/u), V/v, (W/w), Õ/õ, (Ȭ/ȭ), Ä/ä, (Ǟ/ǟ), Ö/ö, (Ȫ/ȫ), Ü/ü, [X/x], Y/y, (Ȳ/ȳ)

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