Yotvingian language
E1006947
The Yotvingian language was an extinct Western Baltic language once spoken by the Yotvingian people in parts of what are now Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baltic language
ⓘ
Western Baltic language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Jatvingian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jotvingian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudovian language ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
glosses and toponyms
ⓘ
medieval documents ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | poorly attested language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Old Prussian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Baltic tribes ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
Christianization of the Baltic region
ⓘ
German and Polish expansion ⓘ assimilation into neighboring Baltic and Slavic populations ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticInterestFor |
Baltic studies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-European linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasNoStandardCode | ISO 639-3 GENERATED ⓘ |
| historicalEthnicity | Yotvingian people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | none ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| neighboringLanguages |
Belarusian language
ⓘ
Lithuanian language ⓘ Old Prussian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish language ⓘ |
| reconstructionBasedOn |
loanwords in neighboring languages
ⓘ
personal names ⓘ place names ⓘ |
| region | north-eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Latvian language
ⓘ
Lithuanian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Yotvingians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
historical region of Yotvingia
ⓘ
territory of modern Belarus ⓘ territory of modern Lithuania ⓘ territory of modern Poland ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subbranch | Western Baltic ⓘ |
| subfamily | Baltic branch of Indo-European ⓘ |
| timeDepth | early medieval period ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (reconstructed use in sources) ⓘ |
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