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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
It is argued to be either West Baltic with significant East...
- 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. It also includes now-extinct Selonian, Semigallian, and possibly Old Curonian.
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. Branches. There are three branches of Baltic languages. Two are extinct . Western Baltic languages †. (Western) Galindian †. Old Prussian †. Sudovian ( Yotvingian) †.
Balto-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, [1] which points to a period of common development and origin. [2]
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. The Baltic languages are more closely related to Slavic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian (in that order) than to the ...
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.
Baltic languages, Branch of the Indo-European language family that includes three attested languages, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian. They were or are spoken along the eastern and southeastern shore and hinterlands of the Baltic Sea.
