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=== Indo-European === | === Indo-European === | ||
Officially, Letto-Ruhnese belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. This means, that this is the third Baltic language, that isn't extinct, with the other two being Latvian and Lithuanian. | Officially, Letto-Ruhnese belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. This means, that this is the third Baltic language, that isn't extinct, with the other two being Latvian and Lithuanian. | ||
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=== Uralic === | === Uralic === | ||
Some believe that Letto-Ruhnese belongs to the Baltic Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. This means, that the language is put closer to languages like Estonian and Finnish, but this opinion is very unpopular due to the fact, that Letto-Ruhnese and Latvian are mutually intelligible languages. | Some believe that Letto-Ruhnese belongs to the Baltic Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. This means, that the language is put closer to languages like Estonian and Finnish, but this opinion is very unpopular due to the fact, that Letto-Ruhnese and Latvian are mutually intelligible languages. | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Ft2.png|600px|framed|center|Letto-Ruhnese marked blue.]] | |
=== Eurasiatic === | === Eurasiatic === | ||
Many people put Letto-Ruhnese to simply be a Eurasiatic language. Eurasiatic combines Uralic and Indo-European, as well as Macro-Altaic languages. Whilst many people do think that this is a logical opinion, the language is still too close to Latvian, which makes many people frustrated that the language would be so far away from Latvian in the language tree. | Many people put Letto-Ruhnese to simply be a Eurasiatic language. Eurasiatic combines Uralic and Indo-European, as well as Macro-Altaic languages. Whilst many people do think that this is a logical opinion, the language is still too close to Latvian, which makes many people frustrated that the language would be so far away from Latvian in the language tree. | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Ft3.png|600px|framed|center|Letto-Ruhnese marked blue.]] | |
=== Dialect === | === Dialect === | ||
| − | Though, notably, many believe Letto-Ruhnese isn't even a language, as many consider it a dialect of the Latvian language. Mutual intelligibility is often | + | Though, notably, many believe Letto-Ruhnese isn't even a language, as many consider it a dialect of the Latvian language. Mutual intelligibility is often named to be the reason. This theory also explains why Letto-Ruhnese is often called Ruhnese Latvian / Finnic Latvian. Though, the fact, that Letto-Ruhnese itself has dialects, pushes many people away from agreeing to this opinion. |
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| + | == History == | ||
| + | Letto-Ruhnese as a language developed in the 20th century by the Latvians who moved to Ruhnu. As the Latvians did not know Estonian, they thought how to simplify the language, so that it would be easier for the Estonians to understand the Latvians, and to make it easier for Estonians to learn Latvian. This thought developed the writing system that Letto-Ruhnese uses these days. Notably, at that time, schools in Ruhnu were not that developed, and notably, many of the newborn kids were not able to even spell some letters. This caused the removal of the letter 'R' from the alphabet. That remained to be the only change made to speech. | ||
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| + | In 1977, Sandis Kristiāns Pavlovs created the official Letto-Ruhnese language, and was the first president of the Ruhnese (today - Ruhn-i-Lehtese) Speech Comittee, made to protect the Letto-Ruhnese language. | ||
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| + | In 1986, Letto-Ruhnese became an official language of the Republic of Ruhnu. | ||
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| + | == Dialects == | ||
| + | Letto-Ruhnese has 3 dialects - English, Modernized and Latvianized. | ||
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| + | === Anglo-Lettish === | ||
| + | Anglo-Lettish is the English dialect of Letto-Ruhnese. This dialect mostly changes words, like, for example, box (kaste to bokse). This dialect also brings in the letter 'Y' and 'W' into the language, like, for example, world (pasaule to woljde) and York (Joljka to Yoyka). | ||
Revision as of 10:02, 17 October 2015
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| Letto-Ruhnese | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ruhn-i-Leht, Northern Courland |
| Native speakers | 276 million (2015 est.) |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| Writing system | Latin |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |
 Ruhn-i-Leht |
| Regulated by | The Ruhn-i-Lehtese Speech Committee |
Letto-Ruhnese (Leto-Juonieshu), also known as Ruhnese Latvian or Finnic Latvian, is the official language of The Ruhn-i-Lehtese States. There are about 276 million native speakers of the language in Ruhn-i-Leht (78% of the population), with 4 million speakers abroad.
Letto-Ruhnese is very closely related to Latvian. They are mutually intelligible.
Contents
Classification
The classification of Letto-Ruhnese is disputed, and multiple opinions have been expressed.
Indo-European
Officially, Letto-Ruhnese belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. This means, that this is the third Baltic language, that isn't extinct, with the other two being Latvian and Lithuanian.
Uralic
Some believe that Letto-Ruhnese belongs to the Baltic Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. This means, that the language is put closer to languages like Estonian and Finnish, but this opinion is very unpopular due to the fact, that Letto-Ruhnese and Latvian are mutually intelligible languages.
Eurasiatic
Many people put Letto-Ruhnese to simply be a Eurasiatic language. Eurasiatic combines Uralic and Indo-European, as well as Macro-Altaic languages. Whilst many people do think that this is a logical opinion, the language is still too close to Latvian, which makes many people frustrated that the language would be so far away from Latvian in the language tree.
Dialect
Though, notably, many believe Letto-Ruhnese isn't even a language, as many consider it a dialect of the Latvian language. Mutual intelligibility is often named to be the reason. This theory also explains why Letto-Ruhnese is often called Ruhnese Latvian / Finnic Latvian. Though, the fact, that Letto-Ruhnese itself has dialects, pushes many people away from agreeing to this opinion.
History
Letto-Ruhnese as a language developed in the 20th century by the Latvians who moved to Ruhnu. As the Latvians did not know Estonian, they thought how to simplify the language, so that it would be easier for the Estonians to understand the Latvians, and to make it easier for Estonians to learn Latvian. This thought developed the writing system that Letto-Ruhnese uses these days. Notably, at that time, schools in Ruhnu were not that developed, and notably, many of the newborn kids were not able to even spell some letters. This caused the removal of the letter 'R' from the alphabet. That remained to be the only change made to speech.
In 1977, Sandis Kristiāns Pavlovs created the official Letto-Ruhnese language, and was the first president of the Ruhnese (today - Ruhn-i-Lehtese) Speech Comittee, made to protect the Letto-Ruhnese language.
In 1986, Letto-Ruhnese became an official language of the Republic of Ruhnu.
Dialects
Letto-Ruhnese has 3 dialects - English, Modernized and Latvianized.
Anglo-Lettish
Anglo-Lettish is the English dialect of Letto-Ruhnese. This dialect mostly changes words, like, for example, box (kaste to bokse). This dialect also brings in the letter 'Y' and 'W' into the language, like, for example, world (pasaule to woljde) and York (Joljka to Yoyka).
