Viktors Bertholds

{{Short description|One of the last native speakers of Livonian (1921-2009)}}

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| birth_date = 16 January 1921

| birth_place = Vaide, Ventspils County, Latvia

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Viktors Bertholds (16 January 1921 – 28 February 2009) was a Livonian and one of the last native speakers of the Livonian language. He was born in the village of Vaide ({{langx|liv|Vaid|link=no}}) in 1921.{{cite news|url=https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/51161040/suri-viimane-vanema-polve-emakeelne-liivlane|title=Suri viimane vanema põlve emakeelne liivlane|first1=Jaak|last1=Prozes|first2=Ott|last2=Heinapuu|newspaper=Eesti Päevaleht|date=4 March 2009|language=et}} Formerly believed to be the last native speaker of Livonian,{{cite news|url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/09/27/vel-gaelg-ayd-the-obscure-european-languages-that-came-back-to-life|title='Vel Gaelg ayd?' The obscure European languages that came back to life|first=Marta|last=Rodriguez Martinez|newspaper=Euronews|date=27 September 2019}} this title actually belonged to Grizelda Kristiņa, a relative of Bertholds who died in 2013.