Editing Baltic languages (section)

==Branches==
Within Indo-European, the Baltic languages are generally classified as forming a single family with two branches: Eastern and Western Baltic. But these two branches are sometimes classified as independent branches of [[Balto-Slavic languages|Balto-Slavic]] itself.<ref>{{cite web|editor-last1=Hammarström |editor-first1=Harald |editor-last2=Forke |editor-first2=Robert |editor-last3=Haspelmath |editor-first3=Martin |editor-last4=Bank |editor-first4=Sebastian |year=2020 |title=Old Prussian |work=[[Glottolog]] 4.3 |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/prus1238}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Baltic languages by number of native speakers
|-
! colspan="2"|[[East Baltic languages|East Baltic]]
|-
| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || {{Circa|1.5 million}}<ref>[https://valoda.lv/valsts-valoda/ Valsts valoda]</ref>
|-
| [[Latgalian language|Latgalian]]{{asterisk}} || 150,000–200,000
|-
| [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] || {{Circa|4 million}}
|-
| [[Samogitian language|Samogitian]]{{asterisk}} || 500,000
|-
| [[Selonian language|Selonian]]{{dagger}} || Extinct since 16th century
|-
| [[Semigallian language|Semigallian]]{{dagger}} || Extinct since 16th century
|-
| ''[[Curonian language|Old Curonian]]''{{dagger}} || Extinct since 16th century
|-
! colspan="2"|[[West Baltic languages|West Baltic]]
|-
| Western [[Galindian language#West Galindian|Galindian]]{{dagger}} || Extinct since 14th century
|-
| [[Old Prussian language|Old Prussian]]{{dagger}} || Extinct since early 18th century
|-
| [[West Baltic languages#Pomeranian-Baltic language|Pomeranian Baltic]]{{dagger}} || Extinct since the 1st millennium BC
|-
| ''[[Skalvians#Language|Skalvian]]''{{dagger}} || Extinct since 16th century
|-
| [[Sudovian language|Sudovian]]{{dagger}} || Extinct since 17th century
|-
! colspan="2"|[[Dnieper-Oka language|Dnieper-Oka]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Dini |first=P.U. |title=Baltų kalbos. Lyginamoji istorija |date=2000 |publisher=Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas |isbn=5-420-01444-0 |location=Vilnius |pages=61 |language=lt |trans-title=Baltic languages. Comparative history}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golyad language|Golyad]]{{dagger}} || Extinct since 12th century<ref>{{cite web|title=Балтийские языки|language=Russian|access-date=29 November 2024|url=http://lingvarium.org/eurasia/IE/balt.shtml|website=lingvarium.org}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2"|<small>''Italics'' indicate disputed classification.</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|<small>{{asterisk}} indicates languages sometimes considered to be [[dialect]]s.</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|<small>{{dagger}} indicates [[extinct language]]s.</small>
|}