East Baltic languages
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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] It also includes now-extinct Selonian, Semigallian, and possibly Old Curonian.[2]
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East Baltic | |
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Geographic distribution | In Northern Europe, Baltic region |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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ISO 639-5 | bat |
Linguasphere | 54= |
Glottolog | east2280 |
Extent of Baltic languages in present day Europe with languages traditionally considered to be dialects mentioned in Italics East Baltic languages |
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Lithuanian is the most-spoken East Baltic language, with more than 3 million speakers worldwide, followed by Latvian, with 1.75 million native speakers, then Samogitan with 500,000 native speaker, and lastly Latgalian with 150,000 native speakers. [3][4]