Editing Semigallian language

{{Short description|Extinct Baltic language of Semigallia}}
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{{Infobox language
| name = Semigallian
| altname = Zemgalian
| states = [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]
| region = 
| extinct = 16th century
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = [[Balto-Slavic languages|Balto-Slavic]]
| fam3 = [[East Baltic languages|East Baltic]]
| iso3 = xzm
| linglist = xzm
| glotto = zemg1234
| glottoname = Zemgalian
}}
[[File:Baltic Tribes c 1200.svg|thumb|Distribution of the Baltic tribes, c. 1200 CE (boundaries are approximate)]]

'''Semigallian''' or '''Zemgalian''', was an [[East Baltic languages|East Baltic language]] of the [[Baltic language]] sub-family of the [[Indo-European languages]].

== History ==
It was spoken in the northern part of [[Lithuania]] and southern regions of [[Latvia]] in what is known as [[Semigallia]]. It is thought that it was extinct by the 16th century, with the assimilation by the [[Latvians]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631220398_chunk_g978063122039831_ss1-2|title=Zemgalian : Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe : Blackwell Reference Online|website=www.blackwellreference.com|access-date=2017-06-28}}</ref> Semigallian is known only from references to it in documents and texts from before the 16th century.

== Phonology ==
Semigallian shares some phonological similarities to [[Curonian language|Curonian]] and, to a lesser extent, [[Latvian language|Latvian]]. The Common Baltic {{IPA|/k/}}, {{IPA|/ɡ/}} consonants became {{IPA|/c/}}, {{IPA|/d͡z/}} in their soft varieties in Semigalian. All long vowels and diphthongs at the end of the word in Common Baltic were reduced to simple short vowels in Semigallian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tied.verbix.com/tree/balt/semigalian.html|title=Semigalian language|last=Babaev|first=Cyril|website=tied.verbix.com|access-date=2017-06-28}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Baltic languages}}

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[[Category:East Baltic languages]]
[[Category:Medieval languages]]
[[Category:Extinct Baltic languages]]
[[Category:Extinct languages of Europe]]

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