Baltic languages

Baltic
Baltic
Ethnicity:	Balts
Geographic; distribution:	Northern Europe
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Baltic; ;
Subdivisions:	Western Baltic † Eastern Baltic Dnieper Baltic †
ISO 639-5:	bat

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) †
? Skalvian † (unattested)

Eastern Baltic languages

Latvian (~2.2 million speakers, whereof ~1.75 million native speakers, 0.5 million second language speakers)
Latgalian (150,000–200,000 speakers)
Lithuanian (~3 million native speakers)
Selonian †
Semigallian †
Old Curonian (sometimes considered Western Baltic) †

Dnieper Baltic languages †

(Eastern) Galindian (the language of the Eastern Galindians, also known by its name in Ukrainian: Голядь, romanized: Golyad') †^[1]

(† – extinct language)

References

↑ Dini, P.U. (2000). Baltų kalbos. Lyginamoji istorija. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. p. 61. ISBN 5-420-01444-0.

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[1] Dini, P.U. (2000). Baltų kalbos. Lyginamoji istorija. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. p. 61. ISBN 5-420-01444-0.

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