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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 mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Europe.
- Eastern Baltic
The East Baltic languages are a group of languages that...
- Balto-Slavic languages
There is a general consensus that the Baltic languages can...
- Finnic languages
The Finnic or Baltic Finnic languages constitute a branch of...
- West Baltic languages
The West Baltic languages are a group of extinct Baltic...
- Eastern Baltic
Le lingue baltiche sono un gruppo di lingue che appartengono alla famiglia delle lingue indoeuropee, parlate soprattutto nell'area ad est e a sud-est del Mar Baltico nell' Europa settentrionale.
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 has only four living languages— Latvian, Latgalian, Lithuanian, and Samogitian. [1]
Lithuanian is one of two living Baltic languages, along with Latvian, and they constitute the eastern branch of Baltic languages family. An earlier Baltic language, Old Prussian, was extinct by the 18th century; the other Western Baltic languages, Curonian and Sudovian, became extinct earlier.
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.
The Finnic or Baltic Finnic languages constitute a branch of the Uralic language family spoken around the Baltic Sea by the Baltic Finnic peoples. There are around 7 million speakers, who live mainly in Finland and Estonia. Traditionally, eight Finnic languages have been recognized.
The West Baltic languages are a group of extinct Baltic languages that were spoken by West Baltic peoples. West Baltic is one of the two primary branches of Baltic languages, along with East Baltic. It includes Old Prussian, Sudovian, West Galindian, possibly Skalvian and Old Curonian.: 33
