Editing Old Prussian language (section)

{{Short description|Extinct Western Baltic language}}
{{Redirect|Old Prussian|the people|Old Prussians}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Old Prussian
| altname = 
| nativename = {{lang|prg|Prūsiskai}}<ref name=ref1>The adverb {{lang|prg|Prūsiskai}} ('in Prussian') appears on the title page of the Königsberg catechism of 1561.<br>See {{cite book|first=Vytautas|last=Mažiulis|author-link=Vytautas Mažiulis|title=Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas|trans-title=Etymological Dictionary of Old Prussian|publisher=Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla|volume=3|pages=360–361|url=http://www.prusistika.flf.vu.lt/zodynas/paieska/|year=1996|isbn=978-54-2000-109-7}}</ref><ref name="Klussis">{{cite book|title=Old Prussian Written Monuments: Text and Comments|author-last=Palmaitis|author-first=Mykolas Letas|publisher=Lithuanian's World Center for Advancement of Culture, Science and Education|location=Kaunas|year=2007|url=http://donelaitis.vdu.lt/prussian/Kat.pdf|isbn=978-9986-418-42-9}}</ref>{{rp|page=387}}<br>{{lang|prg|Prūsiska bilā}} (revived)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rantawa.org |last2=suplits |date=2016-05-31 |title=Prūsiska bilā |url=https://awizi.twanksta.org/nawwiniskai/prusiska-bila/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Prūsas Tāutas Prēigara}}</ref>
| region = [[Prussia (region)|Prussia]]
| ethnicity = [[Old Prussians|Baltic Prussians]]
| image = Catechismus in preüßnischer sprach, gecorrigiret und dagegen das deüdsche.jpg
| imagecaption = Catechism in Old Prussian from 1545
| extinct = Early 18th century
| ref = <ref name=Young2008>{{cite book |last=Young |first=Steven |year=2008 |chapter=Baltic |editor-last=Kapović |editor-first=Mate |title=The Indo-European Languages |location=London |publisher=Routledge |pages=486–518|isbn=978-03-6786-902-1}}</ref>
| revived = 3 [[First language|L1 speakers]] (2021){{r|Szatkowski|pages=4–8}}<br />50 [[Second language|L2 speakers]] (no date)<ref>{{e22|prg}}</ref>
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = [[Balto-Slavic languages|Balto-Slavic]]
| fam3 = [[Baltic languages|Baltic]]
| fam4 = [[West Baltic languages|West Baltic]]
| script = [[Latin alphabet]]
| iso3 = prg
| linglist = prg.html
| glotto = prus1238
| glottorefname = Old Prussian
| lingua = 54-AAC-a
| notice = IPA
| dia1   = Samland
| dia2   = Pomesan
}}
'''Old Prussian''' is an extinct [[West Baltic languages|West Baltic language]] belonging to the [[Baltic languages|Baltic branch]] of the [[Indo-European languages]], which was once spoken by the [[Old Prussians]], the [[Baltic peoples]] of the [[Prussia (region)|Prussian region]]. The language is called Old Prussian to avoid confusion with the German dialects of [[Low Prussian dialect|Low Prussian]] and [[High Prussian dialect|High Prussian]] and with the adjective ''Prussian'' as it relates to the later German state. Old Prussian began to be written down in the [[Latin script|Latin alphabet]] in about the 13th century, and a small amount of literature in the language survives. In modern times, there has been a revival movement of Old Prussian, and there are families which use Old Prussian as their first language.{{r|Szatkowski|pages=4–8}}