Kuidas kajastus üleminek vanalt kirjaviisilt uuele Peetri kohtuprotokollide keeles

Transition from the old orthography to the new during the second half of the 19th century based on the court protocols of Peetri parish. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the research which examined how the old orthography was replaced by the new during the second half of the 19th century. In addition, this study illustrated the resemblance of the 19th century’s Estonian written language and the Estonian central dialect. The data from the court protocols of the parish Peetri were analysed for that purpose. The practical section focused on the study of orthography, phonetic features and the morphology were studied. The research revealed that the court protocols from the first period were written using the old orthography and the court protocols from the second period were mostly written using the new orthography. In the court protocols from the first period there are more parallel forms and phonetic variety. In conclusion, protocols from both period there were typical features of the Peetri dialect.