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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.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Elizabeth Prine Pauls. Balto-Slavic languages, hypothetical language group comprising the languages of the Baltic and Slavic subgroups of the Indo-European language family.
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The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic, spoken during the Early Middle Ages, which in turn is thought to have descended from the earlier Proto-Balto-Slavic language ...
This chapter will discuss the most compelling phonological, lexical and morphological evidence in favour of a Balto-Slavic clade, after which it will address dialectal variation within Proto-Balto-Slavic, the internal grouping of Balto-Slavic, external affiliations of Balto-Slavic and linguistic contacts of Proto-Balto-Slavic.
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: For a complete list of Balto-Slavic languages go here .
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.
A Slovene translation of the Bible was published in 1575–84, and Kashubian and Sorbian religious texts were also produced during that period. The comparatively early rise of the West Slavic (and the westernmost South Slavic) languages as separate literary vehicles was related to a variety of religious and political factors that resulted in ...
