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Created a new Item: Livonians of Professor Viitso, A 2011 documentary directed by Vahur Laiapea. Every person and every language have their lifespan - birth, life, and possible vanishing. The Livonian language, one of the closest relatives to the Estonian language, is about to disappear as a living language of communication. In 2009-2019, the Professor Emeritus of the University of Tartu, linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso, met factually the last people for whom the Livonian language has be... |
Changed [en] description: A 2011 documentary directed by Vahur Laiapea. In 2009-2019, the Professor Emeritus of the University of Tartu, linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso, met factually the last people for whom the Livonian language has been their mother tongue: Viktor Berthold from Liepājast, Erna Vanaga from Ventspils, and Grizelda Kristiņ from the Toronto area in Canada. In Helsinki, professor Viitso also met Seppo Suhonen, a meritorious researcher of Livonian language. This documentary in t... |
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A 2011 documentary directed by Vahur Laiapea | A 2011 documentary directed by Vahur Laiapea. In 2009-2019, the Professor Emeritus of the University of Tartu, linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso, met factually the last people for whom the Livonian language has been their mother tongue: Viktor Berthold from Liepājast, Erna Vanaga from Ventspils, and Grizelda Kristiņ from the Toronto area in Canada. In Helsinki, professor Viitso also met Seppo Suhonen, a meritorious researcher of Livonian language. This documentary in the Livonian language became a farewell with the bearers of the cultural memory of Livonians. | ||
Revision as of 11:17, 6 May 2025
A 2011 documentary directed by Vahur Laiapea. In 2009-2019, the Professor Emeritus of the University of Tartu, linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso, met factually the last people for whom the Livonian language has been their mother tongue: Viktor Berthold from Liepājast, Erna Vanaga from Ventspils, and Grizelda Kristiņ from the Toronto area in Canada. In Helsinki, professor Viitso also met Seppo Suhonen, a meritorious researcher of Livonian language. This documentary in the Livonian language became a farewell with the bearers of the cultural memory of Livonians.
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| English | Livonians of Professor Viitso |
A 2011 documentary directed by Vahur Laiapea. In 2009-2019, the Professor Emeritus of the University of Tartu, linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso, met factually the last people for whom the Livonian language has been their mother tongue: Viktor Berthold from Liepājast, Erna Vanaga from Ventspils, and Grizelda Kristiņ from the Toronto area in Canada. In Helsinki, professor Viitso also met Seppo Suhonen, a meritorious researcher of Livonian language. This documentary in the Livonian language became a farewell with the bearers of the cultural memory of Livonians. |