Krevinian dialect
Extinct dialect of Votic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Krevinian, or Krevin (Latvian: krieviņu dialekts) was a dialect of the Votic language, spoken in Latvia until the 1800s.[2] It was spoken in the city of Bauske, in Courland.[3]
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Krevinian | |
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Krevin | |
Native to | Latvia |
Ethnicity | Kreevins |
Extinct | 19th century AD[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | zkv |
zkv | |
Glottolog | krev1234 |
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The Krevinian dialect left loanwords into the Bauska dialects, such as kurika 'cudgel'.[4]