Sudovian language
E560218
The Sudovian language was an extinct Western Baltic tongue once spoken by the Sudovians (Yotvingians) in parts of present-day Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selonian (extinct language) | 1 |
| Sudovian (extinct language) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western Baltic language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Jatvingian language
ⓘ
Sudovian NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudovian (Yotvingian) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yotvingian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestationType |
glosses and word lists
ⓘ
personal names ⓘ toponyms ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | generally accepted as Western Baltic ⓘ |
| culturalContext | pre-Christian Baltic culture ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Latvian language
ⓘ
Lithuanian language ⓘ Old Prussian language ⓘ |
| documentationLevel | very limited ⓘ |
| endonymStatus | exact native name uncertain ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Western Baltic tribes ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
assimilation of Sudovian population
ⓘ
language shift to neighboring languages ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Baltic inflectional morphology (reconstructed)
ⓘ
Indo-European vocabulary (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Sudovia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yotvingia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639-3 code (not standardized as a separate modern language) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Baltic languages ⓘ |
| linguisticRelation |
closely related to Old Prussian
ⓘ
related to other Western Baltic lects ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Belarusian (later contact)
ⓘ
Lithuanian NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Prussian NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish (later contact) ⓘ |
| partOf | Indo-European language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructionStatus |
partially reconstructed from onomastics
ⓘ
poorly attested ⓘ |
| region |
parts of present-day Belarus
ⓘ
parts of present-day Lithuania ⓘ parts of present-day Poland ⓘ |
| researchField |
Baltic linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| sourceLanguageFor |
Sudovian hydronyms in the Baltic region
ⓘ
Sudovian toponyms in northeastern Poland ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Sudovians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yotvingians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Baltic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (reconstructed and fragmentary attestations) ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Selonian (extinct language)
this entity surface form:
Sudovian (extinct language)