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.

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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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Yotvingians language Yotvingian language