This article is about Curonian language. For the language spoken at the Curonian Spit, see Kursenieki language.
Old Curonian
Native to
Latvia, Lithuania, Germany (historically)
Extinct
16th century[1]
Language family
Indo-European
Balto-Slavic
Baltic
East Baltic or West Baltic ?
Old Curonian
Language codes
ISO 639-3
xcu
Linguist List
xcu
Glottolog
None
Distribution of the Baltic tribes, circa 1200 CE (boundaries are approximate)
The Curonian language (German: Kurisch; Latvian: kuršu valoda; Lithuanian: kuršių kalba), or Old Curonian, was a Baltic language spoken by the Curonians, a Baltic tribe who inhabited Courland (now western Latvia[2]: 291–293 [1] and northwestern Lithuania[3]).
^ abHaarmann, Harald (2002). "Kurisch" [Curonian]. In Miloš Okuka (ed.). Wieser-Enzyklopädie des Europäischen Ostens (in German). Vol. 10. Klagenfurt/Vienna, Austria: Wieser. p. 957. ISBN 3-85129-510-2. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
^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.
^"Kuršiai" [Curonians] (in Lithuanian). Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 8 November 2023.
Curonianlanguage (German: Kurisch; Latvian: kuršu valoda; Lithuanian: kuršių kalba), or Old Curonian, was a Baltic language spoken by the Curonians,...
Lithuanians. Curonians gave their name to the region of Courland (Kurzeme), and they spoke the Curonianlanguage. The ethnic origin of the Curonians has been...
Curonian may refer to: CuronianlanguageCuronians, or Kurs, a Baltic tribe in present-day western Latvia and Lithuania from Curonia, Latin for Courland...
to the other extinct West Baltic languages, namely Sudovian, West Galindian and possibly Skalvian and Old Curonian.: 33 Other linguists consider Western...
The Curonian (Courish) Spit (Lithuanian: Kuršių nerija; Russian: Ку́ршская коса́; German: Kurische Nehrung; Latvian: Kuršu kāpas) is a 98-kilometre (61 mi)...
never designated themselves as Latvians and called their own language "Curonianlanguage" (kursisk valoud). From a linguistic point of view, it is a southwestern...
attempts have been made to standardize it. The Samogitian language, heavily influenced by Curonian, originated from the East Baltic proto-Samogitian dialect...
living languages—Latvian, Latgalian, Lithuanian, and Samogitian. It also includes now-extinct Selonian, Semigallian, and possibly Old Curonian. Lithuanian...
branches of Baltic languages, along with East Baltic. It includes Old Prussian, Sudovian, West Galindian, possibly Skalvian and Old Curonian.: 33 The only...
The Curonian Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf; Prussian: Kursjanmari, Lithuanian: Kuršių marios, Latvian: Kuršu joma, Russian: Куршский залив, Polish: Zalew Kuroński...
The Curonian colonization of the Americas was performed by the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (now Latvia), which was the second-smallest state to colonise...
languages of other neighboring Baltic tribes—Curonian, Semigallian, and Selonian—which resulted in these languages gradually losing their most distinct characteristics...
Klaipėda County in westernmost Lithuania, comprising several villages in the Curonian Spit. In terms of population, it is the smallest municipality of the country...
Latgalian, which developed into Latvian, and extinct Curonian, Semigallian, and Selonian). The language of Southern Balts was less influenced by this process...
respectively.[citation needed] There are also several extinct Baltic languages, including: Curonian, Galindian, Jatvingian, Old Prussian, Selonian, Semigallian...
language, which later spread through the rest of modern Latvia, absorbing features of the Old Curonian, Semigallian, Selonian and Livonian languages....
Curonian Kings (Middle Low German: Cursken konyngh; German: Kurische Könige; Latvian: kuršu ķoniņi) are a Latvian cultural group, originally lesser vassals...
the 16th century. Semigallian shares some phonological similarities to Curonian and, to a lesser extent, Latvian. The Common Baltic /k/, /ɡ/ consonants...
The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively or as a second language by a population of about 6.5–7.0 million...
the now extinct Scalovians inhabited the land of Scalovia south of the Curonians and Samogitians, by the lower Neman River ca. 1240. This region is located...
century competes as one of the oldest European sign languages. Three Baltic languages, Curonian, Selonian and Semigallian were assimilated to Lithuanian...
well as the Old Prussians, Curonians, Sudovians, Skalvians, Yotvingians and Galindians — the West Balts — whose languages and cultures are now extinct...
Batsford. p. 131. ISBN 0713432535. Haarmann, Harald (2002). "Kurisch" [Curonian]. In Okuka, Miloš (ed.). Lexikon der Sprachen des europäischen Ostens....
the highest dune on the spit. The dune's name is derived from the Curonianlanguage ("vece" + "kruogs" = "old" + "tavern") and allegedly refers to a small...
extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes...
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