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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.
- Eastern Baltic
The East Baltic languages are a group of languages that...
- Western Baltic
The West Baltic languages are a group of extinct Baltic...
- Proto-Baltic
Proto-Baltic (PB, PBl, Common Baltic) is the unattested,...
- Curonian
Classification. Curonian was an Indo-European language of...
- Dnieper Balts
Map of the Dnieper river basin. The Dnieper Balts were a...
- Eastern Baltic
The East Baltic languages are a group of languages that along with the extinct West Baltic languages belong to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. The East Baltic branch has only four living languages— Latvian, Latgalian, Lithuanian, and Samogitian. [1]
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, [1] which points to a period of common development and origin.
Baltic languages, group of Indo-European languages that includes modern Latvian and Lithuanian, spoken on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, and the extinct Old Prussian, Yotvingian, Curonian, Selonian, and Semigallian languages.
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.
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Baltic. Subdivisions: Western Baltic †. Eastern Baltic. Dnieper Baltic †. ISO 639-5: bat. The Baltic languages are part of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. Baltic languages are mostly spoken in the Baltics, around the Baltic sea.
Apr 17, 2020 · April 17, 2020. Of all the language familie s on Earth, the Baltics are one of the smallest. Spoken in northeastern Europe in the region surrounding the Baltic sea, this family is a part of the larger Indo-European language family, and probably split off into its own branch around 1400 BCE.
