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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.
Lithuanian is one of two living Baltic languages, along with Latvian, and they constitute the eastern branch of the Baltic languages family. [77] An earlier Baltic language, Old Prussian, was extinct by the 18th century; the other Western Baltic languages, Curonian and Sudovian, became extinct earlier.
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 primarily consists of two extant languages—Latvian and Lithuanian. Occasionally, Latgalian and Samogitian are viewed as distinct languages, though they ...
Distribution of the Baltic tribes, circa 1200 CE (boundaries are approximate). The Curonian language (German: Kurisch; Latvian: kuršu valoda; Lithuanian: kuršių kalba), or Old Curonian, was a Baltic language spoken by the Curonians, a Baltic tribe who inhabited Courland (now western Latvia [2]: 291–293 [1] and northwestern Lithuania [3]).
Antanas Klimas (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ɐnˈtaːnɐs ˈkʲlʲɪmɐs]; April 17, 1924 in Pelekonys–18 September 2016 in Brighton) [1] was a prominent [2] [3] Lithuanian doctor of sciences, onomastician and comparative linguist specializing in the relationships between Baltic, Slavic and Germanic language groups as well as the history of Lithuanian language.
Baltic languages. Latvian, 1.75 million speakers (2015) Latgalian, 200 000 speakers (2009) ... Lithuanian, 3 million speakers (2012) West Slavic languages
[14] [4] [15] 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. [3] [16] "Traditional" Balto-Slavic tree model
The Institute of the Lithuanian Language conducts scientific research on the standard Lithuanian language, Baltic languages and proper names, written heritage, geolinguistics, terminology and sociolinguistics; develops and fosters Lithuanian as a state language: addresses the issues of language standardization, performs linguistic expertise; participates in the formation of the strategy and ...