The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: LIV
ISO 639-2: fiu
| Population | 15 to 20 active speakers (1995 V. Zeps), 150 to 400 speakers (1986 V. Zeps), 1,500 who have some knowledge of it (1979 Valt). |
| Region | 8 coastal villages west of Kolkasrags in Kurzeme and a dispersed population elsewhere, mostly in Riga. |
| Alternate names | LIVONIAN |
| Dialects | WESTERN LIVONIAN (KURZEME, RAANDALIST), EASTERN LIVONIAN (VIDZEME). |
| Classification | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finno-Permic, Finno-Cheremisic, Finno-Mordvinic, Finno-Lappic, Baltic-Finnic. |
| Comments | Bilingualism in Latvian, Russian. Endangered. Eastern Livonian is now extinct. Christian. NT 1942. |
