Curonian language
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The Curonian language (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx), or Old Curonian, was a Baltic language spoken by the Curonians, a Baltic tribe who inhabited Courland (now western Latvia[1]Template:Rp[2] and northwestern Lithuania[3]).
Classification
Curonian was an Indo-European language of the Baltic branch, as proven by Jānis Endzelīns.[4]
Curonian's relation to other Baltic languages is unclear:[2]
- Some scholars consider it to have been an East Baltic language, intermediate between Lithuanian and Latvian.[5]
- Others, like Vytautas Mažiulis, classify it as a West Baltic language that became closer to the Eastern branch due to extensive contact.[6]Template:Rp[7]
- Linguist Eduard Vääri argues that it is possible that Curonians were Baltic Finns.[8]
History
Old Curonian disappeared in the course of the 16th century.[2]
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Lexicon
Samogitian words such as Script error: No such module "Lang". (mosquito), Script error: No such module "Lang". (duck), Script error: No such module "Lang". (swallow), Script error: No such module "Lang". (skylark), Script error: No such module "Lang". (hare), Script error: No such module "Lang". (stone), Script error: No such module "Lang". (marsh), and Script error: No such module "Lang". (winter wheat) are considered to be of Curonian origin.[9]
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Corpus
Evidence from other languages
Curonian left substrata in western dialects of the Latvian and Lithuanian, namely the Samogitian dialect. No written documents in this language are known, but some ancient Lithuanian texts from western regions show some Curonian influence. According to Lithuanian linguist Zigmas Zinkevičius, long and intense Curonian–Lithuanian bilingualism existed.
Onomastics
There are only few onomastics in the region considered to have been inhabited by the Curonians.[1]Template:Rp
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Potential text in Curonian
Additionally, the Pater Noster reported by Simon Grunau is speculated to be in Curonian.Template:R[10]
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See also
References
Literature
- Ambrassat, August "Die Provinz Ostpreußen", Frankfurt/ Main 1912
- Endzelin, J.: Über die Nationalität und Sprache der Kuren, in Finnisch-Ungarische Forschungen, XII, 1912
- Gaerte, Wilhelm "Urgeschichte Ostpreussens", Königsberg 1929
- Gimbutas, Marija "Die Balten", München-Berlin 1983
- Kurschat, Heinrich A.: Das Buch vom Memelland, Siebert Oldenburg 1968
- Kwauka, Paul, Pietsch, Richard: Kurisches Wörterbuch, Verlag Ulrich Camen Berlin, 1977, Template:ISBN
- Kwauka, Paul: Namen des Memellandes/ Unsere „fremdartigen“ Familiennamen, Archiv AdM, Oldenburg
- Lepa, Gerhard (Hrsg) "Die Schalauer", Tolkemita-Texte Dieburg 1997
- Mortensen, Hans und Gertrud "Die Besiedlung des nordöstlichen Ostpreußens bis zum Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts", Leipzig 1938
- Mortensen, Hans und Gertrud: Kants väterliche Ahnen und ihre Umwelt, Rede von 1952 in Jahrbuch der Albertus-Universität zu Königsberg / Pr., Holzner- Verlag Kitzingen/ Main 1953 Bd. 3
- Peteraitis, Vilius: Mažoji Lietuva ir Tvanksta (Lithuania Minor and Tvanksta) Vilnius 1992
- Pietsch, Richard (künstlerischer Entwurf und Text): Bildkarte rund um das Kurische Haff, Heimat-Buchdienst Georg Banszerus, Höxter, Herstellung: Neue Stalling, Oldenburg
- Pietsch, Richard: Deutsch-Kurisches Wörterbuch, Verlag Nordostdeutsches Kulturwerk Lüneburg 1991, Template:ISBN
- Pietsch, Richard: Fischerleben auf der Kurischen Nehrung dargestellt in kurischer und deutscher Sprache, Verlag Ulrich Camen Berlin 1982
- Schmid, Wolfgang P. (Hrg): Nehrungskurisch, Sprachhistorische und instrumentalphonetische Studien zu einem aussterbenden Dialekt, Stuttgart 1989
- Schmid, Wolfgang P.: Das Nehrungskurische, ein sprachhistorischer Überblick
- Tolksdorf, Ulrich "Fischerei und Fischerkultur in Ostpreußen", Heide/ Holstein 1991
- Žadeikiene, Daiva, Krajinskas, Albertas: Kurenkahnwimpel, Template:ISBN
External links
- Pietsch-Bildkarte „Kurisches Haff“ Template:In lang
- Der Kurenwimpel Template:In lang
- Curonians in Memelland Template:In lang
- Curonian placenames in Memelland Template:In lang
- Studentu zinātniskās konferences "Aktuāli baltistikas jautājumi" tēzes Loreta Stonkutė. Kuršininkų tarmės lituanizmai. p.43, 44
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- ↑ "Kuršiai" [Curonians] (in Lithuanian). Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 8 November 2023.
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