Baltic peoples

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The Baltic peoples are an Indo-European ethnolinguistic group native to the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, historically including tribes such as the Prussians, Latgalians, and Yotvingians, and today represented primarily by Latvians and Lithuanians.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Baltic peoples canonical 6
Western Balts 2
Baltic tribes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European peoples
ethnolinguistic group
culturalArea Baltic Sea region NERFINISHED
ethnogenesisPeriod 1st millennium BCE
ethnogenesisRegion area between Vistula and Daugava rivers
hasPart Curonians NERFINISHED
Galindians NERFINISHED
Latgalians NERFINISHED
Latvians NERFINISHED
Lithuanians NERFINISHED
Old Prussians NERFINISHED
Scalvians NERFINISHED
Selonians NERFINISHED
Semigallians NERFINISHED
Yotvingians NERFINISHED
historicalLanguage Curonian language NERFINISHED
Galindian language
Old Prussian language NERFINISHED
Selonian language NERFINISHED
Semigallian language
Yotvingian language NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Baltic region NERFINISHED
Courland NERFINISHED
Latgale NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
Sambia Peninsula NERFINISHED
Samogitia NERFINISHED
Semigallia NERFINISHED
historicalReligion polytheism
languageFamily Indo-European languages
modernLanguage Latvian language
Lithuanian language NERFINISHED
modernRepresentative Latvians NERFINISHED
Lithuanians NERFINISHED
nativeTo Northeastern Europe NERFINISHED
eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
neighboringPeoples Finnic peoples NERFINISHED
Germanic peoples NERFINISHED
Scandinavian peoples NERFINISHED
Slavic peoples
partOf Eastern Europe NERFINISHED
Northern Europe NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Germanic peoples NERFINISHED
Slavic peoples NERFINISHED
religion Baltic paganism NERFINISHED
Christianity
speaks Baltic languages NERFINISHED
subclassOf European peoples
underwentProcess Christianization of the Baltic peoples NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yotvingians ethnicGroupOf Baltic peoples
Yotvingians subgroupOf Western Balts
linked to: Baltic peoples
Sambians partOf Baltic peoples
Natangians culturalSphere Baltic peoples
Natangians subgroupOf Western Baltic tribes
linked to: Baltic peoples
Bartians ethnicGroupOf Baltic peoples
Warmians ethnoLinguisticGroup Western Balts
linked to: Baltic peoples
Nadruvians partOf Baltic peoples
Nadruvians ethnoLinguisticGroup Balts
linked to: Baltic peoples
History of Lithuania includesTopic Baltic tribes
linked to: Baltic peoples
Marija Gimbutas notableWork The Balts
linked to: Baltic peoples
Baltic paganism practicedBy Baltic peoples