A pitch-accent language, when spoken, has word accents in which one syllable in a word or morpheme is more prominent than the others, but the accentuated syllable is indicated by a contrasting pitch (linguistic tone) rather than by loudness (or length), as in many languages, like English.Pitch-accent also contrasts with fully tonal languages like Vietnamese and Standard …

The Livonian language (Livonian: līvõ kēļ or rāndakēļ; Estonian: liivi keel) is a Finnic language whose native land is the Livonian Coast of the Gulf of Livonia, located in the north of the Kurzeme peninsula in Latvia.Although its last native speaker died in 2013, there are about 40 reported speakers and 210 having reported some knowledge of the language.

The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, formed in 1237. ... Middle Low German as spoken in the towns of the Hanseatic League was the established language, but was subsequently succeeded by High German as official language in the course of …

The Livonian language is spoken by fewer than 100 individuals as a second language, and is understood to be fast approaching extinction. The last native Livonian speaker died in June 2013. The anthem (unofficial) of Livonians is Min izāmō, min sindimō sharing the melody of Finnish and Estonian anthems. See also

Sámi languages (/ ˈ s ɑː m i / SAH-mee), in English also rendered as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sámi people in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwestern Russia).There are, depending on the nature and terms of division, ten or more Sami languages. Several spellings have been used for the …

The Livonian Brothers of the Sword (Latin: Fratres militiæ Christi Livoniae, German: Schwertbrüderorden) was a Catholic military order established in 1202 during the Livonian Crusade by Albert, the third bishop of Riga (or possibly by Theoderich von Treydend). Pope Innocent III sanctioned the establishment in 1204 for the second time. The membership of the …

A revived language is one that, having experienced near or complete language extinction as either a spoken or written language, has been intentionally revived and has regained some of its former status. [citation needed]The most frequent reason for extinction is the marginalisation of local languages within a wider dominant nation state, which might at times amount to outright …

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Recognised Minority Language in: Poland; Livonian – Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ Spoken in: Latvia; Low German – Plattdüütsch Spoken in: Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands; Low Prussian Dialect – Niederpreußisch Formerly spoken in: Prussia, now some scattered speakers in …

The Māori language revival is a movement to promote, reinforce and strengthen the use of te reo Māori, the Māori language. Primarily in New Zealand, but also in places with large numbers of expatriate New Zealanders (such as London and Melbourne), the movement aims to increase the use of Māori in the home, in education, government, and business.The movement is part of a …