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Grizelda Kristiņa

Last speaker of Livonian as a mother language

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Grizelda Kristiņa Grizelda Kristiņ
Born	(1910-03-19)19 March 1910 Vaide, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Died	2 June 2013(2013-06-02) (aged 103) Canada

Grizelda Kristiņa (Livonian: Grizelda Kristiņ, née Bertholde; 19 March 1910 – 2 June 2013) was a Livonian and the last speaker of the Livonian language as a mother language. She was born in Vaide (Livonian: Vaid) within the Bertholds family, relevant in the history of the Livonians.^[1] 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.^[2]

References

^ Šuvcāne, Baiba (8 June 2013). "Pēdējais sveiciens dzimtajam Lībiešu krastam..." Talsu Vēstis (in Latvian).
^ Rodriguez Martinez, Marta (27 September 2019). "'Vel Gaelg ayd?' The obscure European languages that came back to life". Euronews.