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  2. 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.

  3. 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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  4. hide. (Top) Baltic languages. West Slavic languages. South Slavic languages. East Slavic languages. Extinct languages. See also. Notes. External links. List of Balto-Slavic languages. Balto-Slavic distribution. These are the Balto-Slavic languages categorized by sub-groups, including number of speakers. Baltic languages.

  5. The Slavs are a collection of peoples who speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, mainly inhabiting Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Siberia.

  6. The early development of the Slavic languages. The separate development of South Slavic was caused by a break in the links between the Balkan and the West Slavic groups that resulted from the settling of the Magyars in Hungary during the 10th century and from the Germanization of the Slavic regions of Bavaria and Austria.

  7. Balto-Slavic languages. Old Lithuanian language. (Show more) 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.

  8. hide. Beginning. Balto-Slavic languages still spoken. Baltic languages. West Slavic languages. South Slavic languages. East Slavic languages. Extinct Balto-Slavic languages. Pan-Slavic languages. List of Balto-Slavic languages. Map of where Balto-Slavic languages were historically spoken. Other language families and subfamilies can also be seen.

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