Sudovian language
- Sudovian language
Infobox Language
name = Sudovian
nativename =
states = Yotvingia andGalindia
region =Europe
extinct = ?
iso1 =
iso2 =
iso3 = xsv
familycolor = Indo-European
fam1 = Indo-European
fam2 = Balto-Slavic
fam3 = Baltic
fam4 = WesternSudovian (otherwise known as Jatvingian or Yotvingian) is an extinct western Baltic language in
Northeastern Europe . Closely related to theOld Prussian language , it was formerly spoken southwest of the Nemunas river, inGalindia and Yotvingia in East Prussia and southwestLithuania . Sudovia and Galindia were two of the twelve original Prussian lands. Although not actually a separate language, Sudovian/Jatvingian diverged as a dialect in the 10th century and has been documented in writing. It was at once more archaic and more closely influenced by Germanic languages than other Baltic dialects, as exemplified by the loanword from Germanic, "virdan", "word" -- that preserves the neuter case ending -an, absent from Latvian and Lithuanian.The southern Jotvingian districts of Sudovia and Galindia were partially overtaken and conquered by
Slavs around present-dayBiałystok andSuwałki in north-easternPoland and nearbyHrodna (formerly Grodno) inBelarus . Some elements of Baltic speech are still retained in the Belarus andUkraine territory, owing to resettlements of refugees and prisoners from Prussia.ee also
References
* [http://www.suduva.com/virdainas/ Joseph Pashka's Virdainas] , a dictionary of the Sudovian (Jatvingian) language.
* [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/6623/ Link to reconstructed Sudovian language]External links
* [http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=xsv The Sudovian Language in Linguist List]
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