Editing Sudovian language (section)

{{short description|Extinct Western Baltic language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Sudovian
| altname          = Yotvingian, Jatvingian
| states           = [[Yotvingia]]
| region           = 
| extinct          = {{Citation needed span|17th century?|date=November 2023}}
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2             = [[Balto-Slavic languages|Balto-Slavic]]
| fam3             = [[Baltic languages|Baltic]]
| fam4             = [[West Baltic languages|West Baltic]]
| iso3             = xsv
| linglist         = xsv
| glotto           = sudo1236
| glottoname       = Sudovian
| map              = West Baltic languages.svg
| mapcaption       = Former extent of West Baltic languages, including Skalvian.
{{legend|#3879acff|[[Curonian language|Old Curonian]] †}}
{{legend|#00a8f3ff|[[Old Prussian language|Old Prussian]]}}
{{legend|#84f4fcff|'''Sudovian''' †}}
{{legend|#a039ccff|[[Skalvian language|Skalvian]] †}}
{{legend|#3f48ccff|[[Galindian language|West Galindian]] †}}
}}

'''Sudovian''' (also known as '''Yotvingian''', or '''Jatvingian''') was a [[West Baltic languages|West Baltic language]] of [[Baltic region|Northeastern Europe]]. Sudovian was closely related to [[Old Prussian]]. It was formerly spoken southwest of the [[Nemunas|Neman]] river in what is now [[Lithuania]], east of [[Galindia]] and in the north of [[Yotvingia]], and by exiles in [[Prussia (Baltic)|East Prussia]].<ref>{{cite conference|conference=Colloquium Pruthenicum Tertium|title=Grammatical Incompatibility of 2 Main Prussian "Dialects" as Implication of Different Phonological Systems|date=2001|first=Mykolas Letas|last=Palmaitis|pages=63{{Hyphen}}77|url=https://klc.vdu.lt/prussian/Diallang.pdf|place=Zakopane}}</ref>