{"id":1248,"date":"2024-10-27T14:19:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T12:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/liivikeel\/isikuid\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:54:58","slug":"isikuid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/liivikeel\/en\/isikuid\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this section, we introduce the people who appear throughout the lessons in the textbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julg\u012b and Lel\u016b Stalte<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Julg\u012b Stalte and her eldest daughter Lel\u016b Stalte come from a well-known Livonian family that keeps alive Livonian folk music heritage. Julg\u012b\u2019s parents Dainis Stalts and Helm\u012b Stalte founded the folklore ensemble Skandinieki in 1976, which performs both Latvian and Livonian music. Julg\u012b Stalte is a musician and songwriter who, in addition to the Stalte family folk ensemble and Skandinieki, has also performed in several other musical groups, including Nurmorkest\u00f5r, Tu\u013c\u013ci Lum, TaiTai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accompanying photo is a screenshot from the Livonian language learning video created by the University of Latvia Livonian Institute. Listen to them perform the song \u201cL\u0113ba\u201d (Bread) in the textbook section 6.5.2.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Valts Ern\u0161treits<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Valts Ern\u0161treits (Livonian: Valt Ern\u0161treit) is a Livonian writer, linguist, translator, and head of the University of Latvia Livonian Institute. His Livonian roots are in the village of Piz\u0101 and one of his ancestors was the first Livonian poet \u2013 J\u0101\u0146 Prints. Valts plays an important role in preserving the family histories, memories, and language of the last native speakers of Livonian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: Zane Ern\u0161treite<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gita K\u016bla<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Gita\u2019s family roots are in the village of S\u012bkr\u00f5g. She lives in Liep\u0101ja and does handicrafts in a local applied arts studio. Gita is also active in the projects of the University of Latvia Livonian Institute and her voice can be heard, for example, in the Livonian dictionary\u2019s audio samples (see https:\/\/livonian.tech\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She learned Livonian from her grandmother Elfr\u012bda \u017dagare. She remembers from her childhood how her grandmother spoke Livonian with her friends. Today, Gita mostly speaks Livonian with her mother Maija Norenberga and her daughter Sofija.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: Andris K\u016bla<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Ulla Fraser<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Ulla Fraser is a Livonian musician and songwriter. She is also the author of the songs \u201cKu ma rand\u00f5 l\u01dfb\u201d (When I go the coast; see Section 4.4.1.) and \u201cV\u0113rm\u00f5d\u201d (Colors; Section 4.4.2), and performs the song \u201cAl\u0101 j\u016bo\u201d (Don\u2019t drink) in Section 6.3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the photo, Ulla is teaching Livonian songs at the 3rd International Livonian Summer University in Kuo\u0161tr\u00f5g in 2021 (Photo: Tuuli Tuisk).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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K\u014drli Stalte<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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K\u014drli Stalte (1870-1947) was a Livonian poet, cultural figure, and school teacher. Under his leadership, the first Livonian choir \u2013 the so-called Livonian Union Choir \u2013 was founded in 1922 (the Livonian Union itself was founded a bit later \u2013 in 1923).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the accompanying photo, K\u014drli Stalte and Professor Lauri Kettunen (left) are checking the manuscript of the Livisch-deutsches W\u00f6rterbuch<\/em> (Livonian-German Dictionary) (Ir\u0113, circa 1928).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: ERM Fk 929:32<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Tiit-Rein Viitso<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Estonian linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso (1938\u20132022) was a researcher of Finnic language history and phonology, a professor of Finnic languages \u200b\u200bat the University of Tartu, and the chairman of the Society of Livonian Friends. His most significant interest was Livonian, which he spent decades documenting, researching, and teaching. He was one of the greatest experts on Livonian to have ever lived. He researched Livonian from a host of different perspectives \u2013 from its sounds to its vocabulary. In addition to scientific research on Livonian, he was also involved in the continued development of written Livonian, edited Livonian books, and taught Livonian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viitso\u2019s decades of work documenting Livonian culminated in the publication of the Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary <\/em>(in collaboration with Valts Ern\u0161treits) in 2012. A compendium of his work on Livonian entitled Liivi keel ja l\u00e4\u00e4nemeresoome keelemaastikud<\/em> (Livonian language and Finnic linguistic landscapes) appeared in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: Tuuli Tuisk<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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P\u0113t\u00f5r Damberg<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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P\u0113t\u00f5r Damberg (1909\u20131987) was a well-known Livonian cultural and educational figure who authored important Livonian texts and teaching materials. He had an important role in the documentation and preservation of Livonian folklore. Between 1931 and 1933, he participated in editing the Livonian newspaper L\u012bvli<\/em>. Damberg\u2019s Livonian reader Jemak\u012bel lugd\u00f5br\u0101nt\u00f5z sk\u016bol ja kuod pierast<\/em> (Mother tongue reading book for school and home) was published in 1935 and was intended as a teaching tool for all students of Livonian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: livones.net<\/p>\n<\/div>

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