Baltic Language (Noun)
Meaning
A branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Baltic language family includes several languages that were traditionally spoken in areas surrounding the Baltic Sea.
- Latgalian is one of the two main dialects of the Eastern Baltic language Latvian.
- Lithuanian, a living Baltic language, shares similarities with Sanskrit and can often aid scholars in understanding Proto-Indo-European better.
- Although considered a branch of the Indo-European family, Baltic languages show major differences from their closest living relatives.
- The Baltic languages preserve so many Proto-Indo European formations that they are an excellent test case for language contact theories.