Daily words
prī’ekõ s
 rõõm ▫ prieks ● Mi’nnõn u’m prī’ekõ. KK78b19 Mul on rõõm. ▫ Man ir prieks.

a’lgõ gr
 ärgu ▫ ne-

neļškiņ adv
 neljakaupa, neljakesi ▫ pa četriem, četratā ● Ne lekštā neļškiņ Irēl. Nad läksid neljakesi Irele. ▫ Viņi četratā gāja uz Mazirbi.

This portal was created by Līvõ Kultūr sidām (The Livonian Culture Centre) and offers a wide range of information on the Livonians, their culture, language, and history. Here you can discover the places the Livonians have lived, their cultural monuments, the location of their most important archives, and also about new Livonian-related events and exhibitions. You can learn about Livonian traditional and contemporary culture as well as become acquainted with their community organisations and most important personalities. The UL Livonian Institute section contains information about this institution as well as Livonian-Estonian-Latvian dictionary which is updated on an ongoing basis and which is supplemented with word forms and data from the Livonian language corpus. This section also contains the Livonian place name list, a list of Livonian borrowings in Latvian, and other resources for learning about and studying Livonian. The Library section contains a collection of articles, links, and videos on Livonian topics grouped by category.

We wish you success learning about Livonian culture!

Calender
18/07
1909 – Väinö Kyrölä, a Finnish philologist and Liv supporter was born. Died in 2003.
18/07
2004 – in Staicele, a boundary-mark Eesti-Līvõmō-Latvia (sculptors Zigrīda and Juris Rapa) was opened.
25/07
1999 – in Ozolnieki farmstead, Vaide village, the first Liv language speakers’ camp started.
31/07
1992 – the first issue of the renewed monthly paper Līvli was published.
01/08
1921 – Anna Zariņa, an archaeologist and expert in the ancient Liv clothing, was born. 1998 – the International Liv Friends’ Society was founded.