Baltic languages

This article is about a branch of the Indo European language family. For the Sino Tibetan language, see Balti language.

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

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