West Galindian language
| West Galindian | |
|---|---|
| West Galindan | |
| Region | Northeastern Poland |
| Ethnicity | Galindians |
| Extinct | 14th century AD[1] |
Indo-European
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xgl |
| Glottolog | west3001 |
 Former extent of West Baltic languages, including Galindian.
West Galindian † | |
West Galindian, commonly simply referred to as Galindian , is the poorly attested extinct Baltic language of the Galindians previously spoken in what is today northeastern Poland and thought to have been a dialect of Old Prussian,[2]: 290 or a Western Baltic language similar to Old Prussian.[3] There are no extant writings in Galindian.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Post- alveolar |
Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | pal. | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | nʲ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | tʲ | k | |
| voiced | b | d | dʲ | dʒ | ɡ | |
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | ||
| voiced | z | ʒ | ||||
| Trill | r | rʲ | ||||
| Approximant | l | lʲ | j | |||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| High | i | iː | u | uː | ||
| Mid | eː | oː | ||||
| Mid-low | ɔ | |||||
| Low | a | aː | ||||
References
- ↑ "Galindan". Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
Until 14th century.
- ↑ Dini, Pietro U. (2014). Foundations of Baltic languages. Translated by Richardson, Milda B.; Richardson, Robert E. Vilnius: Vilniaus universitetas. ISBN 978-609-437-263-6.
- ↑ Tarasov, Iliya (January 2017). "The Balts in the migration period". Istoričeskij Format Исторический Формат (in Russian). 3–4: 95–124.