Verb prefixes in Latgalian : a discussion based on data found in a collection of Latgalian folk tales
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1982
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Svilans-Dennis, Iréna
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Latgalian originated in the eastern part of Latvia (see Maps 1
and 2, Appendix 1 ) . Although still spoken, it is gradually becoming
extinct as it is being replaced by the more prestigious official, literary,
standard Latvian which in turn is being replaced in many sectors
of administration by Russian; eastern Latvia has a high concentration
of Russian inhabitants (see Map 3, Appendix 1). In spite of
the fact that it has been and is the language of literary expression
of a number of poets and writers and that it even has its own newspaper
published in Munich, Latgalian outside Latvia is spoken by an ever
decreasing number of exiled Latgalians. Its speakers, coming from
some of the poorest areas of rural Latvia, have traditionally been
labelled as mostly uneducated and uncultured and it is only comparatively recently that such labels have begun to disappear.
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