Samogitien

The samogitien is a dialect of the Lituanien, which is mainly spoken in the area about Samogitie, in the West of Lithuania. He is sometimes regarded as a distinct Baltic language. There were attempts to introduce a standartized writing which rather approaches the Latvian than to the standard Lithuanian.

History

The formation of the samogitien is a discussed subject. According to the estimates of certain linguists, the samogitien was different from the other Eastern Baltic tribes with the V-VII S. the others believe that the Lithuanian tribe was homogeneous at that time, the first dialectal differences having appeared only to XIII S. At all events, today, the samogien is regarded as a dialece by the majority of the Lithuanian linguists.

The language Curonien did not leave very many traces in the modern samogician; it is extremely probable that the majority of the differences between the samogician and the dialect aukstaitic (the second Lithuanian dialect) appeared because of the vicinity of the Baltic people curonien.

Distribution

The samogitien speaks itself in Samogitie, in the west of the Lithuania, in an area located at the south of the Golfe of Rīga and at the north of the river Niémen. The samogitien does not have almost any legal statute in the area where the standard Lithuanian alone is omnipresent.

See too

Beats-smg: Žemaitiu kalba Fiu-vro: Žemaidi kiil

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