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Are Baltic languages Indo-European or Balto-Slavic?
What is a Balto-Slavic language?
Are Baltic languages related to Slavic languages?
The Balto-Slavic languages form a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, traditionally comprising the Baltic and Slavic languages. Baltic and Slavic languages share several linguistic traits not found in any other Indo-European branch, which points to a period of common development and origin.
- List of Balto-Slavic Languages
These are the Balto-Slavic languages categorized by...
- Slavic languages
Slavic languages. The Slavic languages, also known as the...
- History of the Slavic languages
The history of the Slavic languages stretches over 3000...
- List of Balto-Slavic Languages
These are the Balto-Slavic languages categorized by sub-groups, including number of speakers. Baltic languages. Latvian, 1.75 million speakers (2015) Latgalian, 200 000 speakers (2009) [a] Lithuanian, 3 million speakers (2012) West Slavic languages. Polish, 55 million speakers (2010) Kashubian [b] Czech, 10.6 million speakers (2012)
The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively or as a second language by a population of about 6.5–7.0 million people [1] [2] mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Europe. Together with the Slavic languages, they form the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European family.
Slavic languages. The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants.
The Balto-Slavic languages are mainly spoken in areas of eastern, northern and southern parts of Europe. The Balto-Slavic languages are daughter languages of the now extinct PIE. There are only two Baltic languages spoken today: Lithuanian and Latvian. Some of Balto-Slavic languages spoken today: Lithuanian (Baltic) Latvian (Baltic)
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The history of the Slavic languages stretches over 3000 years, from the point at which the ancestral Proto-Balto-Slavic language broke up (c. 1500 BC) into the modern-day Slavic languages which are today natively spoken in Eastern, Central and Southeastern Europe as well as parts of North Asia and Central Asia.
Balto-Slavic languages, hypothetical language group comprising the languages of the Baltic and Slavic subgroups of the Indo-European language family. Those scholars who accept the Balto-Slavic hypothesis attribute the large number of close similarities in the vocabulary, grammar, and sound systems
