Semigallian language

Semigallian
Native to	Latvia and Lithuania
Extinct	16th century
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Eastern Baltic Semigallian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xzm`
Linguist list	`xzm`
Glottolog	None

Distribution of the Baltic tribes, circa 1200 CE (boundaries are approximate).

Semigallian is an extinct language of the Baltic language sub-family of the Indo-European languages.

History

It was spoken in the northern part of Lithuania and southern regions of Latvia in what is known as Semigallia. It is thought that it was extinct by the 16th century with the assimilation by the Latvians. Semigallian is known only from references to it in documents and texts from before the 16th century.

Baltic languages

Curonian Galindian Latgalian Latvian Lithuanian Old Prussian Samogitian Selonian Semigallian Sudovian (Yotvingian)

Italics indicate extinct languages

References

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