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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Ancient_Lithuanian_lands.svg) Ancient Lithuanian lands by the 11th–12th centuries | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Eastern Lithuania | |
| Languages | |
| Old Lithuanian | |
| Religion | |
| Lithuanian paganism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Latgalians, Yotvingians, Selonians |
The Lithuanians or Eastern Old Lithuanians (Latin: Letwini;[1] Low German: Lettowen;[2] Old East Slavic: Литъва, Литва;[3][a] Old Swedish: lättugha;[4] modern Lithuanian: rytiniai senlietuviai, senlietuviai) were one of the largest East Baltic tribes, inhabiting present-day Eastern Lithuania in the 5th–13th centuries.[5] Following the Northern Crusades, the ancient Lithuanians began gradually assimilating other neighbouring Baltic tribes, becoming the primary progenitor group of modern Lithuanians.
- ^ Baranauskas, Tomas (2006). Aukštaitija XIII–XV amžiuje [Aukštaitija in the 13th–15th centuries] (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Žiemgalos leidykla. p. 33.
- ^ Volkaitė-Kulikauskienė, Regina (1970). Lietuviai IX–XII amžiais [Lithuanians in the 9th–12th Centuries] (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mintis. p. 35. "„Die Lettowen al zu hant, die Sameyten sint genant.“ cf. LRCH 5445"
- ^ Zinkevičius, Zigmas (1987). Lietuvių kalbos istorija: iki pirmųjų raštų [The History of the Lithuanian Language: Before the First Written Works] (Vol. 2) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas. p. 11.
- ^ Ljungar, Wilhelm (2022). Till gudz riddara han tha ouer foor. Warfare as Religious Experience in the Swedish Medieval Rhyme Chronicles 1320–1496 [PDF]. Historiska Institutionen Stockholms Universitet. pp. 54–55.
- ^ "Baltų gentys. Arealas, laidosena, kostiumas" [Baltic Tribes. Areal, Burials, Clothing] (in Lithuanian). Baltų kelias. Retrieved on 5 February 2025.
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