Galindian language

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The term Galindian is sometimes ascribed to two separate Baltic languages, both of which were peripheral dialects:

Name

There are three proposed etymologies for the denomination Galindian:

Proposed relation

Based on the common name used for the two peoples by ancient authors, some scientists propose a common origin of the two peoples and languages. In order to prove this hypothesis, they investigate common features between Old Prussian/West Galindian and East Galindian.

West Galindian

West Galindian is the poorly attested extinct Baltic language of the Galindians previously spoken in what is today northeastern Poland and thought to have been a dialect of Old Prussian, or a Western Baltic language similar to Old Prussian. There are no extant writings in Galindian.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

East Galindian

East Galindian is the poorly attested extinct Baltic language of the Balts living in the Protva Basin in present-day Russia.

Phonology

Based on Baltic substratum and hydronomy in the Protva Basin, the following phonology can be reconstructed:

Consonants

Vowels

Lexicon

There are some Russian words from the Portva Basin region suspected to be Baltisms:

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