Grizelda Kristiņa was a Livonian and the last speaker of the Livonian language as a mother language. She was born in Vaide within the Bertholds family, relevant in the history of the Livonians.
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Grizelda Kristiņa was a Livonian and the last speaker of the Livonian language as a mother language. She was born in Vaide within the Bertholds family, relevant in the history of the Livonians. She was a relative of Viktors Bertholds, who died in 2009 and for a long time had been believed to be the last speaker of Livonian. After Kristiņa's death, a process for reviving the Livonian language was started.
Country
CanadaCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 2013 · aged 103
Written about in
13 languages
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