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Every person and every language have their own lifespan - birth, life, possible vanishing. Livonian language, one of the closest relatives to 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 Livonian language has been their mother tongue: Viktor Berthold from Liepājast, Erna Vanaga from Ventspils and Grizelda Kristiņ from Toronto area in Canada. In Helsinki, professor Viitso also met Seppo Suhonen, a meritorious researcher of Livonian language. This documentary in Livonian language became a farewell ...

Director: Vahur Laiapea

Keywords: performance | burning of fishermen's boats | linguist | home | cultural memory | singing | Livonian language | teaching Livonian language | Livonian folk song | Livonians | View all »