The following is a list of ancient Baltic peoples and tribes.
This is a list of the ancient Baltic peoples and tribes. They spoke the Baltic languages (members of the broader Balto-Slavic), a branch of the Indo-European language family, which was originally spoken by tribes living in area east of Jutland peninsula, southern Baltic Sea coast in the west and Moscow, Oka and Volga rivers basins in the east, to the northwest of the Eurasian steppe. Modern descendants are the Lithuanians and Latvians (they themselves assimilated other related Baltic tribes).
| Groups | Peoples / Nations | Tribes | Languages | Land / Region / Localities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Balts† | Dniepr Balts | Neuri? (mentioned by Herodotus; possibly a Baltic or Slavic tribe) | Unknown | Dnieper basin (north of the Pontic Eurasian steppe) |
| Oka Balts | Eastern Galindians | Unknown | Upper courses of the Dniepr and Oka rivers basins, including Moscow region | |
| Eastern (Middle) Balts | Latvians (Latvieši) | Latgalians (Latgaļi) | Old Latgalian | Latvia, Latgalia (Latgola) - Adzele, Gersika or Jersika (Alene, Autine, Casvaine, Ērgļi, Gerdene, Jersika Proper, Lerene, Mārksne, Negeste, Osota, Preiļi), Kūknuojs and Eastern Vāina, Lotygola or Latgalia Proper (Īdeņa, Ludza, Rēzne, Varka), Pītuolova (Ābelene, Abrene, Bērzene, Purnava) and Tuolova or Tālava (Gulbene, Imera, Piebalga, Smiltene, Trikāta and Idumaa and Vendi) |
| Lithuanians (Lietuviai) | Aukštaitians ("Highlanders") | Old Lithuanian (Old Aukštaitian) | Aukštaitija - Alšėnai, Deltuva, Lietuva (Lithuania Proper or Lietuvos Žemė), Nalšia and Nerija | |
| Samogitians ("Lowlanders") | Old Lithuanian (Old Samogitian) | Samogitia (Žemaitija) - Gaižuva, Karšuva, Knituva, Kulenė, Milžava, Šiauliai (Šiaulių Žemė), Medininkai and Upytė (Upytės Žemė) | ||
| Prussian Lithuanians (Lietuvininkai) | Old Lithuanian | Lithuania Minor (Mažoji Lietuva) | ||
| Transitional Balts†[1] | Curonians | Curonian | Curonia or Courland (Kurzeme, Kursa) - Bandava, Ceklis, Curonian Spit (Kuršu kāpas) and Vistula Spit, Duvzare, Megava, Piemare, Pīlsats, Vanema or Miera Kursa, Ventava | |
| Selonians | Selonia (Sēlija) - Alektene, Kalvene, Maleisine, Medene,, Tovrakste | |||
| Semigallians | Semigalia (Zemgale) - Dobele or Duobele, Dobene or Duobe, Guosta Galis, Mežotne, Nogailene, Plāne, Putelene, Sidabre, Silene, Šiurpe, Spārnene, Tērvete, Upmale, Žagare | |||
| Western Balts† | Yotvingian | Yotvingia - Dainava or Dzukija, Jotva or Yotva, Paleksija or Palenke and Sudovia (Sūdava) | ||
| Prussians (Prūsai) | Scalovian | Scalovia and Lamata | ||
| Prussian | ||||
| Lubavians | Prussian | |||
| Prussian | ||||
| Prussian | ||||
| Prussian | ||||
| Prussian | ||||
| Prussian | Sambia | |||
| Sasnans | Prussian | |||
| Warmians or Varmians | Prussian | |||
| Galindian | Galindia (Western) | |||
| Pomeranian Balts | Unknown | Unknown | Pomerania |
. The Balts . Marija Gimbutas . 1963 . Thames & Hudson, Gabriella . London, New York . 2008-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080820232804/http://www.vaidilute.com/books/gimbutas/gimbutas-contents.html . 20 August 2008 . dead . E-book of the original.