The Polish Livonian Legacy in Latgalia: The Confluence of Slavic Ethnolects in the Baltic-Slavic Borderland

Gibson, Catherine

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“…The varieties of 'modern Rusyn language' differ greatly from the Ukrainian dialects North and South of the Carpathians. Apart from the internal development of the dialect at all levels, the diversity of the variety 'modern Rusyn language' is the result of different language contacts throughout history (Gibson 2016;Danylenko 2016;Magosci 2016;Moser 2016, among others).…”

Section: Vojvodina Rusynmentioning

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Assessing linguistic vulnerability and endangerment in Serbia a critical survey of methodologies and outcomes

2020

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The paper offers a critical survey of vulnerable and endangered languages and linguistic varieties in Serbia presented in three international inventories: UNESCO?s Atlas of the World?s Languages in Danger, Ethnologue and The Catalogue of Endangered Languages. As the inventories differ widely in terms of assessing the exact level of language endangerment and vulnerability, and lack to provide empirical support for their assessment, the paper provides thorough information from official local sources, relevant studies and the authors? own field research, when available, on the language categorized as endangered (Aromanian, Banat Bulgarian, Judezmo, Vojvodina Rusyn, Romani), but also presents additional linguistic varieties which have not been registered yet by any of the mentioned inventories (Megleno-Romanian, Bayash Romanian and Vlach Romanian).

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Section: Vojvodina Rusynmentioning

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Assessing linguistic vulnerability and endangerment in Serbia a critical survey of methodologies and outcomes

2020

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“…The Latgalian group stands out with regard to the large number of taxa used, whereas Old Believers exhibit a comparably lower number of used taxa (Figure 8, Table 3). This might be explained by the general nature of Old Believers and their conservative views on customs and religion (Zielińska 2017), as well as the nature of isolation (Gibson 2016). Abbreviations: ^Total number of interviewees.…”

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Medicinal plant use at the beginning of the 21st century among the religious minority in Latgale Region, Latvia

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Background: As identified by scholars, even when communities co-habit the same natural environment, there may be visible differences due to cultural factors, and thus local knowledge on medicinal plants evolves along with the culture. This paper addresses the complexity of medicinal plant use across different social groups situated in the same natural environment with a focus on a distinct religious minority: Old Believers.Methods: This paper covers ethnobotanical data from 27 villages and populated areas in Dagda Municipality of Latgale, Latvia. The region is highly diverse, especially in terms of language and ethnic groups. In total, seventy-three interviewees were interviewed, of which nineteen represented Old Believers.Results: The number of used taxa among Old Believers (40 taxa) was half of that used by the other local community members such as Latgalians ( 81) and the multi-ethnic group (77). Because of the scarcity of available materials on plant uses by Old Believers, we speculate that religious characteristics such as self-isolation from other cultures might be one of the reasons for such a difference. On the other hand, historical aspects such as migration and the subsequent need for adaptation to the local flora could also partly explain the low number of medicinal taxa in comparison to the other groups. Conclusions:The study indicates that self-isolation, being a characteristic of Old Believers, potentially plays a role in medicinal plant use. We recommend further research to study in detail aspects of medicinal plant use in self-isolated communities within highly literate societies.

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From Literary Languages to Dialectal Varieties to Microlanguages?: Historical Perspectives on Language Policy Towards South Estonian and Latgalian

Gibson

2017

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The Polish Livonian Legacy in Latgalia: The Confluence of Slavic Ethnolects in the Baltic-Slavic Borderland

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Assessing linguistic vulnerability and endangerment in Serbia a critical survey of methodologies and outcomes

Assessing linguistic vulnerability and endangerment in Serbia a critical survey of methodologies and outcomes

Medicinal plant use at the beginning of the 21st century among the religious minority in Latgale Region, Latvia

From Literary Languages to Dialectal Varieties to Microlanguages?: Historical Perspectives on Language Policy Towards South Estonian and Latgalian

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