Balto-Slavic languages

The Balto-Slavic language group is a hypothetical group made up of the Baltic and Slavic languages. They are part of this family group because it is claimed by some Germanic and Slavic linguists that these two language groups share some similarities involving the linguistic traits of the two language families.

Balto-Slavic
Geographic distribution:	Eastern, Southern and Northern Europe
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Balto-Slavic
Proto-language:	Proto-Balto-Slavic
Subdivisions:	Slavic Baltic
Countries where the national language is:   Eastern Slavic   Western Slavic   Southern Slavic   (Eastern) Baltic

However, these claims are not universally accepted. Some scholars claim they are two different decendants of the wider Proto-Indo-European (PIE) langauge family.^[1]

Distribution

The Balto-Slavic languages are mainly spoken in areas of eastern, northern and southern parts of Europe. The Balto-Slavic languages are daughter languages of the now extinct PIE. There are only two Baltic languages spoken today: Lithuanian and Latvian.

Today

Some of Balto-Slavic languages spoken today:

• Baltic languages
  • Latvian (Baltic)
  • Lithuanian (Baltic)
• Slavic languages
  • Polish (Slavic)
  • Slovak (Slavic)
  • Serbian (Slavic)
  • Russian (Slavic)
  • Croatian (Slavic)
  • Ukrainian (Slavic)
  • Belarusian (Slavic)

For a complete list of Balto-Slavic languages, feel free to visit here.

Related pages

• Baltic states
• Eastern Europe
• Uralic languages
• Finno-Ugric languages
• Indo-European peoples
• Indo-European languages

References

1. Klimas, Antanas. "BALTO-SLAVIC OR BALTIC AND SLAVIC? (The Relationship of Baltic and Slavic Languages)". Lituanus. 13–2. Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-03-20.