Baltistics
Multidisciplinary study of the language and culture of the Baltic nations / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baltistics, also referred to as Baltic studies, is a multidisciplinary study of the language and culture (history, literature, folklore and mythology) of the Baltic nations.[1] Baltistics by its subject splits into Lithuanistics, Latvistics, Prussistics, etc. Special attention is paid to the language studies, especially to the reconstruction of the Proto-Baltic language, which some linguists have argued is the same as the Proto-Balto-Slavic language, while others (V. Toporov, V. Ivanov, V. Mažiulis etc) have believed that the Proto-Slavic language has formed out of from the Proto-Baltic peripheral-type dialects.[2] Currently there are about 30 centres of Baltistics, most of them based in Europe, the University of Vilnius considered to be the most active centre.
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