Kursenieki language
Kursenieki language (Kursenieki: kursisk valuod, German: Nehrungskurisch; Latvian: kursenieku valoda; Lithuanian: kuršininkų kalba) or Curonian language of the Curonian isthmus (German: kurische Sprache der Kurischen Nehrung) is a dialect of the Latvian language spoken by the Kursenieki of the Curonian Spit, a thin strip of land stretching between southwestern Lithuania and the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia. In the process of various migrations of the 14th–17th centuries, Curonians (already speaking a Latvian dialect) settled along the Curonian Spit in East Prussia and became known as Kursenieki.
| Kursenieki | |
|---|---|
| kursisk valuod | |
| Region | Curonian Spit (historically), Germany (nowadays) |
Native speakers | 2 full, 3 partial, a few passive speakers (2016) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
The area of Kursenieki language speakers in 1649 | |
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