Definition of Balto-Slavic in US English:
Balto-Slavic
nounˌbôltōˈslävikˌbôltōˈslävik
A branch of the Indo-European language family that includes the Baltic and Slavic languages.
Example sentencesExamples
- Balto-Slavic is next, although I am not sure a Proto Balto-Slavic is a reasonable reconstruction to make.
- All papers dealing with the accentuation of Balto-Slavic, Slavic, or various Baltic and Slavic languages are welcomed.
- The linking of Indic and Iranian as Indo-Iranian, and of Baltic and Slavic as Balto-Slavic, seems much more generally accepted, however.
- This book tries to demonstrate that the value of Latvian data for Balto-Slavic accentology has hitherto not been fully recognized.
- Those who favor the Balto-Slavic myth place a lot of emphasis on phonemic pitch in Baltic and Slavic.
adjectiveˌbôltōˈslävikˌbôltōˈslävik
Relating to Balto-Slavic.
Example sentencesExamples
- It should be noted that the Ural-Altaic peoples freely mixed with the Balto-Slavic peoples over the centuries.