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Some examples of words shared among most or all Balto-Slavic languages: *léiˀpāˀ 'tilia' (linden tree): Lithuanian líepa, Old Prussian līpa, Latvian liẽpa, Latgalian līpa, Common Slavic *lipa (Old Church Slavonic липа, Russian ли́па, Polish lipa, Czech lípa)
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.
The following list is a comparison of basic Proto-Slavic vocabulary and the corresponding reflexes in the modern languages, for assistance in understanding the discussion in Proto-Slavic and History of the Slavic languages.
- Baltic Languages
- West Slavic Languages
- South Slavic Languages
- East Slavic Languages
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Latgalian, 200 000 speakers (2009)[a]Serbo-Croatian, 21 million speakers (est.), including second language speakersRussian, 150 million speakers (2010), 260 million including L2(2012)Rusyn[c]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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Aug 23, 2024 · Some Slavic languages typically derive new words by means of a condensed suffixing (e.g., Czech železnice ‘railroad,’ from železo ‘iron’ combined with a noun-forming suffix; hledisko ‘point of view,’ from hled ‘look’ combined with a noun-forming suffix), whereas others tend to use combinations of words (e.g., Russian železnaja doroga ‘iron road’...
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Aug 31, 2024 · Some examples of words shared among most or all Balto-Slavic languages: *léiˀpāˀ 'tilia' (linden tree): Lithuanian líepa, Old Prussian līpa, Latvian liẽpa, Latgalian līpa, Common Slavic *lipa (Old Church Slavonic липа, Russian ли́па, Polish lipa, Czech lípa)
