The Balto-Slavic languages form a branch of the Indo-European language family, traditionally comprising the Baltic and the Slavic languages. These languages share several linguistic traits not found in any other Indo-European branch, which points to a period of common development and shared origin before the two groups diverged.
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RegionNorthern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Southeast Europe and Northern Asia 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusA Proto-Balto-Slavic language is reconstructed by the comparative method as a stage between Proto-Indo-European and the separate Baltic and Slavic branches. A minority of scholars still attribute the shared features to language contact rather than common descent, but a genetic Balto-Slavic branch is now the consensus view. 1 Balto-Slavic
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Baltic (Lithuanian, Latvian and their extinct relatives) is one of the two branches of Balto-Slavic alongside Slavic.
Descends From
Balto-Slavic, grouping the Baltic and Slavic languages, is a primary branch of Indo-European under the mainstream Balto-Slavic hypothesis.
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1. Wikipedia: Balto-Slavic languages
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox region field, English Wikipedia article Balto-Slavic languages
Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Southeast Europe and Northern Asia
Lead section, English Wikipedia article Balto-Slavic languages
A Proto-Balto-Slavic language is reconstructable by the comparative method, descending from Proto-Indo-European by means of well-defined sound laws, and from which modern Slavic and Baltic languages descended.
Infobox speakers field, citing Lietuvos statistikos departamentas Lietuviai Pasaulyje, English Wikipedia article Balto-Slavic languages
c. 322 million
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