Yotvingians
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- Ancient history
- 10th century
- 13th century
- 14th century
- 15th century
- 20th century
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thumb|upright=1.2|A map of the territory of the Yotvingians and other Baltic tribes
Yotvingians, also called Sudovians, Jatvians, or Jatvingians, were a Western Baltic people who were closely tied to the Old Prussians. The linguist Petras Būtėnas once asserted that they were closest to the Lithuanians. The Yotvingians contributed to the formation of the Lithuanian state.
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