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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~1200 (1897)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Lithuania, Germany | |
| Languages | |
| Latvian (Kursenieki) | |
| Religion | |
| Lutheranism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Latvians, Prussian Lithuanians, Lithuanians |
The Kursenieki (Latvian: kursenieki, German: Kuren – 'Curonians', Lithuanian: kuršininkai, kuršiai) are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living along the Curonian Spit. "Kuršiai" refers only to inhabitants of Lithuania and former East Prussia that speak a southwestern dialect of Latvian. Some autochthonous inhabitants of Šventoji in Lithuania call themselves "kuršiai" as well.[2]
- ^ Krišs Kapenieks (2013). "Kursenieku etniskās kopības attīstība XX gadsimtā — XX gadsimta pirmajā pusē" (PDF). Rīga: Latvijas Universitātes Vēstures un filozofijas fakultātes Latvijas un Austrumeiropas jauno un jaunāko laiku vēstures katedra. pp. 56.—57.
- ^ "Lietuvis sauc mumis kuršininkās. Mes esam ne latviai, o kuršininkai" Archived 20 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine. (in Lithuanian), tr.: "Lithuanian calls us Curonians, we are not Latvians, we are Curonians".