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Latvian and Lithuanian share a large number of related lexical items in their standard varieties, but even more so in their dialects. Even though the traditional regional dialects are relatively well-preserved both in Latvia and Lithuania, nowadays they are disappearing. For this reason, a project called Atlas of the Baltic languages was initiated...
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... contacts between Baltic and Finnic ethnic groups influenced the development of their respective languages, and they have a number of mutual borrowings from different epochs. The Lithuanian linguist K. Būga has pointed out that among the Indo-European borrowings in Finno-Ugric languages, those of Lithuanian origin are older than those of Germanic origin (Būga 1959 [1922]: 82). The Latvian language, due to its close contacts with Livonian and Estonian, has been influenced by Finnic languages much more than Lithuanian has. The territory of contemporary Latvia was inhabited not only by Baltic tribes (Curonians, Semigallians, Latgalians and Selonians), but also by the Finnic-speaking Livonians (the other au- tochthonous nation in Latvia besides Latvians). The formation of the Latvian language, as the Baltic tribes consolidated, began during the 10-12th centuries. However, traces of tribal languages can still be found in the Latvian dialects, which encompass more than 500 various sub-dialects. The Latvian dialects are the Middle dialect (vidus dialekts), the Livonian dialect (lībiskais dialekts; in English also called the Livonianized dialect, not to be confused with the Livonian lan- guage) and the High Latvian dialect (augšzemnieku dialekts) (see Fig. 1) 1 . The Middle and High Latvian dialects have been influenced by the languages of the ancient Baltic tribes -Curonians, Semigallians, Latgalians and Selonians -but the Livonian dialect of Latvian has 1 The maps are made on the basis of the maps of the Dialectal Atlas of Latvian. Vocabulary (LVDA) and the Atlas of the Baltic Languages. A prospect (ABL 2009). Electronic versions of the maps have been made by Liene Markus-Narvila. been influenced not only by Curonians, but also by the Livonian lan- guage of the Finno-Ugric ...
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... contacts between Baltic and Finnic ethnic groups influenced the development of their respective languages, and they have a number of mutual borrowings from different epochs. The Lithuanian linguist K. Būga has pointed out that among the Indo-European borrowings in Finno-Ugric languages, those of Lithuanian origin are older than those of Germanic origin (Būga 1959 [1922]: 82). The Latvian language, due to its close contacts with Livonian and Estonian, has been influenced by Finnic languages much more than Lithuanian has. The territory of contemporary Latvia was inhabited not only by Baltic tribes (Curonians, Semigallians, Latgalians and Selonians), but also by the Finnic-speaking Livonians (the other au- tochthonous nation in Latvia besides Latvians). The formation of the Latvian language, as the Baltic tribes consolidated, began during the 10-12th centuries. However, traces of tribal languages can still be found in the Latvian dialects, which encompass more than 500 various sub-dialects. The Latvian dialects are the Middle dialect (vidus dialekts), the Livonian dialect (lībiskais dialekts; in English also called the Livonianized dialect, not to be confused with the Livonian lan- guage) and the High Latvian dialect (augšzemnieku dialekts) (see Fig. 1) 1 . The Middle and High Latvian dialects have been influenced by the languages of the ancient Baltic tribes -Curonians, Semigallians, Latgalians and Selonians -but the Livonian dialect of Latvian has 1 The maps are made on the basis of the maps of the Dialectal Atlas of Latvian. Vocabulary (LVDA) and the Atlas of the Baltic Languages. A prospect (ABL 2009). Electronic versions of the maps have been made by Liene Markus-Narvila. been influenced not only by Curonians, but also by the Livonian lan- guage of the Finno-Ugric ...
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