East Baltic | |
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Geographic distribution | In Northern Europe, Baltic region |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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Subdivisions | |
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 |
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 primarily consists of two extant languages—Latvian and Lithuanian. Occasionally, Latgalian and Samogitian are viewed as distinct languages, though they are traditionally regarded as dialects.[1][2] It also includes now-extinct Selonian, Semigallian, and possibly Old Curonian.[3]
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. [4][5]
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