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Old Prussian

Extinct Western Baltic language

Languagedead language modern language extinct languageQ35501

Also known as Prussian · Old Prussian language · Prussian language · Prūsiskai

Speakers: 50
Subclass of: West Baltic
Script: Latin script

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Old Prussian was a West Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European languages, which was once spoken by the Old Prussians, the Baltic peoples of the Prussian region. The language is called Old Prussian to avoid confusion with the German dialects of Low Prussian and High Prussian and with the adjective Prussian as it relates to the later German state. Old Prussian began to be written down in the Latin alphabet in about the 13th century, and a small amount of literature in the language survives. As of 2021, there has been a revival movement of Old Prussian, and there are families which use Old Prussian as their first language.

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Native label: Prūsiskan
Wikimedia language code: prg
Linguistic typology: fusional language
Ethnologue language status: 9 Dormant
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/prgRetrieved 2019-05-10
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Country: Poland
Russia
Lithuania
Entry in abbreviations table: прус. used by: Словарь собственных имён русского языка
Significant person: Letas Palmaitis

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