Editing Selonian language (section)

{{short description|Extinct Baltic language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Selonian
| altname          = Selian
| states           = [[Selonia]]
| ethnicity        = [[Selonians]]
| region           = [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]
| extinct          = 16th century
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2             = [[Balto-Slavic languages|Balto-Slavic]]
| fam3             = [[East Baltic languages|East Baltic]]
| iso3             = sxl
| linglist         = sxl
| glotto           = none
| notice           = IPA
}}
[[Image:Baltic Tribes c 1200.svg|thumb|Distribution of the Baltic tribes, c. 1200 CE (boundaries are approximate)]]

'''Selonian''' was an [[East Baltic languages|East Baltic language]], which was spoken by the [[Balts|East Baltic]] tribe of the [[Selonians]], who until the 15th century lived in [[Selonia]], a territory in southeastern [[Latvia]] and northeastern [[Lithuania]]. The language persisted until the 16th century.<ref>{{cite book | last=Trask | first=R. L. | title=Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics | publisher=Edinburgh University Press | date=2019-08-08 | isbn=978-1-4744-7331-6 | page=303}}</ref>