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      • Speakers of modern Baltic languages are generally concentrated within the borders of Lithuania and Latvia, and in emigrant communities in the United States, Canada, Australia and the countries within the former borders of the Soviet Union.
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  2. 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.

  3. Apr 17, 2020 · In total, Baltic languages have around 5 million native speakers, mostly in Latvia and Lithuania. Lithuanian is the most spoken Baltic language with 2.8 million speakers in Lithuania, plus communities of speakers in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Canada.

  4. Dec 16, 2022 · List of Baltic Languages. The following is a table of the currently spoken Baltic languages. Also included are the areas where the languages are spoken and the approximate number of...

  5. There is a general consensus that the Baltic languages can be divided into East Baltic (Lithuanian, Latvian) and West Baltic (Old Prussian). The internal diversity of Baltic points at a much greater time-depth for the breakup of the Baltic languages in comparison to the Slavic languages.

  6. In the present time, the languages spoken around the Baltic Sea include German, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Polish. If we count historical languages too and minority languages the number increases. We have Old Prussian, and other ancient Baltic languages, as well as the Livonian Finnio-Baltic language.

  7. Apr 16, 2024 · 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. Contents.

  8. views updated. Baltic languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. The Indo-European subfamily to which the Baltic languages appear to be closest is the Slavic. Because of this, some linguists regard Baltic and Slavic as branches of a single Balto-Slavic division of the Indo-European family.

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