Yotvingians

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The Yotvingians were a now-extinct Baltic people who lived in the area of present-day northeastern Poland, southwestern Lithuania, and western Belarus, closely related culturally and linguistically to other Western Baltic tribes.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Yotvingians canonical 14
Prussian tribes 1
Sudovians-Yotvingians 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baltic people ⓘ
Western Baltic tribe ⓘ
extinct ethnic group ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Western Baltic barrow culture ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Belarus ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
culturalPractice barrow cemeteries ⓘ
cremation burials ⓘ
pagan rituals ⓘ
culture Western Baltic culture ⓘ
disappearanceCause Christianization ⓘ
assimilation into neighboring peoples ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Baltic peoples ⓘ
ethnonymVariant Jatvingians ⓘ
Sudovians ⓘ
Sudovians-Yotvingians ⓘ
linked to: Yotvingians
fate assimilated ⓘ
extinct as a distinct people ⓘ
historicalSource Polish medieval documents ⓘ
Teutonic Order documents ⓘ
medieval chronicles ⓘ
language Yotvingian language ⓘ
languageFamily Baltic languages ⓘ
languageStatus extinct language ⓘ
linguisticBranch Western Baltic languages ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Poland ⓘ
southwestern Lithuania ⓘ
western Belarus ⓘ
linked to: Western Belarus
neighbor Lithuanians ⓘ
Old Prussians ⓘ
Ruthenians ⓘ
linked to: Rusyns
opponent Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Teutonic Order ⓘ
partOf Baltic region ⓘ
linked to: Baltic Sea region
region Dainava ⓘ
Sudovia ⓘ
linked to: Ostland
relatedTo Curonians ⓘ
Latgalians ⓘ
linked to: Latvians

Lithuanians ⓘ
Old Prussians ⓘ
religion Baltic paganism ⓘ
subgroupOf Western Balts ⓘ
linked to: Baltic peoples
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
early second millennium CE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Old Prussians → relatedEthnicGroup → Yotvingians ⓘ
Prussians → relatedEthnicGroup → Yotvingians ⓘ
Yotvingians → ethnonymVariant → Sudovians-Yotvingians ⓘ
linked to: Yotvingians
Sudovian language → spokenBy → Yotvingians ⓘ
Sudovian language → historicalRegion → Yotvingia ⓘ
linked to: Yotvingians
early Piast realm → borderedBy → Prussian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Yotvingians
Baltic peoples → hasPart → Yotvingians ⓘ
Dainava → traditionalInhabitants → Yotvingians ⓘ
Dainava → associatedEthnicGroup → Yotvingian tribe ⓘ
linked to: Yotvingians
Sudovians → closelyRelatedTo → Yotvingians ⓘ
Yotvingian language → spokenBy → Yotvingians ⓘ
Yotvingian language → historicalEthnicity → Yotvingian people ⓘ
linked to: Yotvingians
Galindians → ethnicRelation → Yotvingians ⓘ
Pomesanians → relatedGroup → Yotvingians ⓘ
Jatvingians → neighboringPeople → Yotvingians ⓘ
Jatvingians → alternativeName → Yotvingians ⓘ