Baltic languages

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 of which are extinct.
Western Baltic languages †
Extinct languages
 Old Prussian †
 (Western) Galindian †
 Sudovian (Yotvingian) †
 ? Skalvian † (unattested)
Eastern Baltic languages
 Latvian (~2.2 million speakers, whereof ~1.75 million native speakers, 0.5 million second language speakers)
 Lithuanian (~3 million native speakers)
 Latgalian (150,000–200,000 speakers)
Extinct languages
 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 ) †

†: Extinct language

Related pages
 Baltic states
 Eastern Europe
 Uralic languages
 Finno-Ugric languages
 Balto-Slavic languages
 Indo-European peoples
 Indo-European languages

References


Category:History of Europe