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The Semigallian cultural area (3101 words) |
 | The western boundary ran along Ežerupis and Vadakstis, in the southwest the Semigallian territory was reduced by Samogitian lands, whereas in the east the former Semigallian territory is represented by Kuoknesė land. |
| The territory of Semigallian tribe, as defined by the author, was limited by Šiauliai and Upytė lands in the south, Lielupė basin and Gulf of Riga in the north, in the northeast the Semigallian territory included the areas till Dauguva; in Lithuania the Semigallian territory stretched till Tauragnai–Svėdasai. |
| The territory occupied by Semigallians was distinguished on the basis of cemeteries. |
| NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Baltic languages (936 words) |
| The Baltic languages are a group of genetically-related languages spoken in the Northern Europe and belonging to the Indo-European language family. |
| Historically the languages were spoken over a larger area: West to the mouth of the Vistula river in present-day Poland, at least as far East as the Dniepr river in present-day Belarus, perhaps even to Moscow, perhaps as far South as Kiev. |
| Language kinship is generally determined by the identification of linguistic innovations that are held in common by two languages or groups. |
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