Primorskian
| Primorskian | |
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| jãrúmkai lazbu йãру́мкаи лазбу ᛃᚨᚱᚢᛗᚲᚨᛁ ᛚᚨᛉᛒᚢ | |
| Created by | – |
| Native to | Primorskia Kalingrad Oblast, Russia Latvia |
Indo-European
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Introduction
Primorskian is an Balto-Slavic langauge and part of the Indo-European language family. It is the oldest known Baltic language ever known due to attestations from the 10 century on Viking runes. It is also a bit more conservative than Lithuanian. It had some surviving words and grammar from Proto-Balto-Slavic. It is also the only surviving Southern Baltic language.
Background
Family
| Balto-Slavic |
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Histroy
The origin of the language being with the splitting of the Proto-Balto-Slavic languages that then branched into Proto-Baltic and Proto-Slavic which the other branched into Proto-West Baltic, Proto-East Baltic and Proto-South Baltic. Like Lithuanian it is highly conservative but a little bit more than the other, retaning many archaic features only found in classical languages like Sanskrit. It also shares with Lithuanian the most conservative phonology and morpohlogy in Indo-European languages. However, unlike it's forefathers, Primorskian was actually the first Baltic language to be ever attested, with it's earliest writings go back as far as the mid-10th century, where it was inscribed on Viking runes. The earliest documentation is an billingual manuscript in Old Norse and Old Primorskian, honoring the peace between Viking lord Arni and Primorskian cheiftain Usarada.