The Polabian language is an extinct West Slavic language that was spoken by the Polabian Slavs (German: Wenden) in present-day northeastern Germany around the Elbe (Labe in Slavic) river, from which derives its name ("po Labe" - on the Elbe). About: Polabian language Chapter to appear in: J. Fellerer & N. Bermel (Eds. The very poorly attested Slavic dialects of Rgen seemed to have had more in common with Polabian than with Pomeranian varieties. Apparently, the word is Brittonic and the root *pleu means parish. Polish (jzyk polski, polszczyzna) is the official language of Poland.It is the most common Western Slavic language and the second Slavic language, after Russian.. Polish has been an important language in Central and Eastern Europe.Polish is now spoken by over 43.5 million people as their first language in Poland.It is also spoken as a Second language in western Written for ELH. Old Norse is a North Germanic language. The first mention is from the 1st century AD and the 6th-century Byzantian historians consider them as ancestors of Slavs. c98e. They mainly occupied the coastal areas, from Russia to Poland, and from Germany to France and Portugal. These situations are replicated in many places around the globe. How to Resurrect Dying Languages - SAPIENS venrock portfolio. Perhaps, this name sounds similar to Neuri, a Sarmatian tribe. The Mattur village in central Karnataka, Shimoga district claims to have native speakers of Sanskrit among its population. In the 19th century Pan-Slavism combined with nationalism to foster linguistic and literary expansion and revival: Polabian - extinct - (SIL code: pox; ISO 639-2 code: sla) Its writing system is the Polish alphabet, which basically corresponds to the Latin alphabet with some additions. The closing committee member provided the following comment: I propose this language, because of the interest of my friends from Slavic countries and Eastern Germany. Participants will be able to enjoy the daily . Lexovii dwelled on the coast, a part of Gallia that served as the crossing point to Brittain, and near the mouth of river Seine. Many of India's and Nepal's scientific and administrative terms are named in Sanskrit, as a counterpart of the western practice of naming scientific developments in Latin or Classical Greek. If their language, Waimiri-Atroari, dies, they will have been forced to acculturate linguistically to survive. For this reason, Eupedia inserts the word Germanic between Balto-Slavic and Iranian. With their death, the language died also, although a limited vocabulary is preserved in various writings. In a post-Soviet era we observed revival of scholarly interest in their ancient beliefs and many new interpretations. Remember, both Elbe and Wend mean white. Niklot m Polabian, History. Its etymology is unknown. Schwerin (UK: /vrin/, US: /verin/, German: [vein]; Mecklenburgian Low German: Swerin; Latin: Suerina, Suerinum) is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. {} Pathoschild 02:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC) But could this Indo-European language perhaps be Proto-Slavic?