Livonians are among the smallest Finno-Ugric nations still existing today. They are the closest kindred people to Estonians and Livonian language is the closest one to Estonian language. Currently, there are only a few dozens of speakers of Livonian language left and even for them Livonian is not their native tongue. However, there are about 200 people who consider themselves as Livonians; most of them live in Riga, Ventspils and Kūolka, Latvia. Livonian coast in Courland (Kurzeme in Latvian) once had twelve villages inhabited by Livonian people - now there is no one left there who would fluently speak the ...
Director: Enn Säde
Production Firm(s) | Eesti Telefilm, YLE TV2 Dokumnettiprojekti (Finland) |
Color | color |
Sound | sound |
Film Category | Documentary |
Text / Dialogue | Estonian, liivi |
Subtitles | Estonian |
Duration | 30:00, 31:00 |
Director | Enn Säde |
Cinematographer | Ago Ruus |
Sound Designer | Enn Säde |
Editor | Enn Säde |
Content Editor | Lisa Hovinheimo | Reet Sokmann |
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