Krevinian dialect

Summary

Krevinian, or Krevin (Latvian: krieviņu dialekts) was a dialect of the Votic language, spoken in Latvia until the 1800s.[1] It was spoken in the city of Bauske, in Courland.[2]

Krevinian
Krevin
Native toLatvia
Extinct19th century
Uralic
Language codes
ISO 639-3zkv
zkv
Glottologkrev1234

The Krevinian dialect left loanwords into the Bauska dialects, such as kurika 'cudgel'.[3]

Sample edit

Meģģi ise taiwâs!
jadku elka śiwu śenna
tulap meģģi tiwi śivu riikki!
Śiwu meelle se iggau ka kui taiwâs ni kans ma bēli!
Meģģi arma leipe anna meli tennawa.
Ġedde meggi padudd, kui me jattim umili nisi meli jad!
Elas meite kurja sad.
Śewon wodse kurģe miusse erre
Jo siula kalpap śiwu kikki śiwu appi un śiwu üwiwi śewonśe śewonśe.
Amen

— The Lord's prayer in Krevinian, [4]

References edit

  1. ^ Malte-Brun, Conrad (1829). Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe. A. Finley. pp. 64.
  2. ^ Collinder, Björn (1975). An Introduction to the Uralic Languages. University of California Press. p. 11.
  3. ^ Rajavuori, Anna (2014-04-12). "Seminaariraportti: Performatiivista kulttuuria ja poliittisia performansseja". Elore. 21 (1). doi:10.30666/elore.79129. ISSN 1456-3010.
  4. ^ Ernits, Enn. Ein neuer rekonstruktionsversuch der kreewinischen texte.