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  2. Baltic languages - Wikipedia

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    However, linguists have had a hard time establishing the precise relationship of the Baltic languages to other languages in the Indo-European family. [34] Several of the extinct Baltic languages have a limited or nonexistent written record, their existence being known only from the records of ancient historians and personal or place names.

  3. Lithuanian language - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Aukštaitian dialect - Wikipedia

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    Western Aukštaitian – most similar to standard Lithuanian – preserves both the diphthongs and the vowels. It is further subdivided into two sub-dialects: The Kaunas sub-dialect is spoken mostly in Suvalkija. This sub-dialect separates long and short vowels pretty well and properly stresses word endings.

  5. Curonian language - Wikipedia

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    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]).

  6. East Baltic languages - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Balto-Slavic languages - Wikipedia

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    [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

  8. Institute of the Lithuanian Language - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Template:Baltic languages - Wikipedia

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    To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: {{Baltic languages | state = collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar. {{Baltic languages | state = expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.