Balto-Slavic languages facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Balto-Slavic |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Eastern, Southern and Northern Europe |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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| Proto-language: | Proto-Balto-Slavic |
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 Countries where the national language is:
Eastern Slavic Western Slavic Southern Slavic (Eastern) Baltic |
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The Balto-Slavic language group is made up of the Baltic and Slavic languages. They are part of a large family group because they share many similarities involving the linguistic traits of the two language families that can not be found in other languages. 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 Proto-Indo-European.
Some of Balto-Slavic languages spoken today:
For a complete list of Balto-Slavic languages go here.
Images for kids
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Area of Balto-Slavic dialect continuum (purple) with proposed material cultures correlating to speakers Balto-Slavic in Bronze Age (white). Red dots= archaic Slavic hydronyms.
See also
In Spanish: Lenguas baltoeslavas para niños
