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date: 14 December 2024

Latvian and Lithuanian Family Names 

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Dictionary of American Family Names
Author(s):
Laimute BalodeLaimute Balode

Baltic tribes were living on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea by 2500 bc. Latvian and Lithuanian are the only Baltic languages spoken today, representing a northwestern branch of the Indo-European language family; a third Baltic language, Old Prussian, died out around the end of the 17th century.... ...

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