Old Lithuanian
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The Old Lithuanian refers to a historical language period or level of the East Baltic language Lithuanian , which belongs to the Indo-European language family .
Old Lithuanian was spoken by members of the Lithuanian people in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Literature in Old Lithuanian
- A catechism written by Martynas Mažvydas in 1547
literature
- Saulius A. Sužiedėlis: Historical Dictionary of Lithuania . Scarecrow Press, Plymouth 2011, ISBN 978-0-8108-4914-3 .
- Olga Fischer, Muriel Norde, Harry Perridon: Up and Down the Cline: The Nature of Grammaticalization . John Benjamin Publishing, Amsterdam 2004, ISBN 90-272-9547-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Philip Baldi: An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages . Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale 1983, ISBN 0-8093-1090-2 .
- ↑ Michael Meier-Brügger: Indo-European Linguistics. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-11-017433-2 , p. 38 ff.