Livonian language revival

The Livonian language, spoken for centuries in Latvia, gradually declined until the death of its last fluent native speaker, Grizelda Kristiņa, on 2 June 2013.

Its gradual decline, which had already been occurring for centuries earlier, was accelerated after the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940.

[1] The Livonian language became extinct on 2 June 2013 when Grizelda Kristiņa, its last fluent native speaker, died at age 103.

Some of them learned what they know of the language through programs of the Latvian Academy of Culture or the universities of Tartu, Helsinki or Latvia.

[7] On 25 January 2023, a Livonian-language traffic sign, the first of its kind in Latvia, was erected in Talsi Municipality (Tālsa mōgõn) to reflect its Livonian cultural heritage.