Yotvingians

A map of the territory of the Yotvingians and other Baltic tribes

Yotvingians (also called: Sudovians, Jatvians, or Jatvingians; Yotvingian: Jotvingai; Lithuanian: Jotvingiai, Sūduviai; Latvian: Jātvingi; Polish: Jaćwingowie, Belarusian: Яцвягі, German: Sudauer) were a Western Baltic people who were closely tied to the Old Prussians.[1][2] The linguist Petras Būtėnas asserts that they were closest to the Lithuanians.[3] The Yotvingians contributed to the formation of the Lithuanian state.[4]

  1. ^ Sužiedėlis 2011, p. 334.
  2. ^ Zinkevičius, Zigmas; Černelienė, Marytė; Makauskas, Bronius; Maksimavičius, Petras; Birgelis, Sigitas; Paransevičius, Juozas Sigitas; Mikėnaitė, Palmira; Burdinaitė-Ołów, Birutė; Balčiūnaitė, Taida (2009). Terra Jatwezenorum: Jotvingių krašto istorijos paveldo metraštis (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Punsko „Aušros“ leidykla. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ^ Būtėnas 1957, p. 314.
  4. ^ Budreckis 1967.