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Lie u ių kalbos ins i u as
Resea ch a eas: a ea s udies o he Bal ic languages,
geolinguis ics, dialec ology.
The a icle p esen s a geolinguis ic s udy o he a ea o sou he n wes e n highland g assland
(jona õs and i s su oundings). he s udy ma e ial […] he classi ica ion o he classes o Zigmo
Zinke ičius and Aleks Gi denio in he e ening high schools in Šiauliai, Kazimie z Young and An ano
Salio […] he high schools in he middle school, An ano Ba anausko […] he i s in he mo ning. The
he sou he n subdialec s o he Wes e n
aukš ai ian o Šiauliai: he geolinguis ic
aspec and i s in e p e a ions
mapping o hese a eas by compu e mapping highligh ed he si ua ion o he wes e n highlands
in ela ion o he neighbou ing councils. The sou he n slang o his dialec is dis inguished by he
ac ha in all classi ica ions i is loca ed on he ou ski s and in con ac wi h he Sla ic
languages o hese places, so i can be conside ed pe iphe al.
The a icle p esen s a geolinguis ic s udy o he sou he n a ea (wi h Jonah and i s en i ons) o he
Siamese subdialec o he Wes e n Highlands. The s udy was conduc ed by he Uni e si y o Wes e n
On a io (UoL) unde he supe ision o D s. Zygmun Zinkiewicz and Aleksande Gi dens, and he esul s
o he s udy we e published in he jou nal Science. The main wo ds a e: wes e n highlande s, Li huanian
language classi ica ion, geolinguis ics, linguis ic mapping, jona a, pe iphe al slang. KeyWo ds: Wes e n
High Li huanian o Šiauliai, classi ica ion o Li huanian dialec s, geolinguis ics, linguis ic map, Jona a,
pe iphe al subdialec s.
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157 a icles by a icles
Middle auk š ai ian om kazimie as jaunius and an anas salys[…] classi ica ion as well as
an anas ba anauskas[…] i s eas e n.
The compa ison o he a o emen ioned a eas, applying a me hod o compu e ca og aphy,
ons a ed he in e media e si ua ion o he Wes e n aukš ai ian o Šiauliai wi h ega d o
neighbou ing subdialec s. jona a and i s en i ons a e dis inguished by he ac ha in all clas-
shows ha hey a e on he edge o he a ea and ha e con ac s wi h he Sla ic languages o his
a ea. hey can be conside ed o be pe iphe al. The geolinguis ic me hod, which is no ound in
Li huanian dialec ology, allows a di e en iew o he wo ks o linguis s, he classi ica ions o
Li huanian dialec s o di e en pe iods, o compa e and summa ize in a ious aspec s he da a
collec ed a he same o di e en imes (Mikulėnienė, s a ecka 2009: 141163; Mikulėnienė, umpa
2008: 128146; 2009: 98; 2011: 1323; 2011a). The subjec o his a icle […] un il now li le esea ch has
been done on Jona os and i s su ounding a eas, which in he Li huanian language classi ica ion
a e classi ied as pa o he sou he n pa o he wes e n highlands (see Fig. 1).
1 o V. The a eas indica ed by he numbe s o he sou he n wes e n highland g asslands a e also he
poin s o he Li huanian language a las (www.lka. u). The aim o his a icle is o show he
21–30).
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de elopmen o his ad ice, especially in i s sou he n pa , using he geolinguis ic me hod3.
aP a iaMasis plo abou he a ea in ques ion, loca ed o he eas o he line
baisógala[…]do nu à[…]kėdái niai[…]jona à, is b ie ly men ioned in he wo ks o many
dialec ologis s (salys 1935: 68; 1992: 304; Zinke ičius 1966: 15; 2002 [1969]: 205: 377; 2006: 86;
Mo kūnas 1993: 7; kazlauskai ė and o he s). in he cu en Li huanian classi ica ion o
e ms, jona and aičiai šiauliškiams (gi denis, Zinke ičius 1966: 139[…]147). These
i jos apylinkės p iski os didesniam e i o iniam kalbiniam iene ui – aka ų aukš-
dis ic s belong o he wes e n highlands, because he nasal oices […], […] and he
owels an, am, en, em a e kep heal hy. The wes e n highland cauli lowe di e s om
he no he n cauli lowe in he ollowing ea u es: (1) i emo es he ba k om he
end; (2) sho ening he non-cu ing long beams and leng hening he cu ing sho
beams; 3) sho ening o he uncu limbs (Zinke ičius 2006: 203 […] 205; Lk ch 60 […] 63;
kazlauskai ė and o he s 2007: 25 […] 28) 4. In addi ion, he Snek os a e also di e en in
ha hey communica e wi h he Sla ic languages o hese places. The a ea o he
wes e n highlands, which includes he dis ic s o Jag ė, Jūniškio, K upė, Šakýnos,
S upu , Šiaulė, Áukš elkė, Pakapė, Šaūko o, Šlu os, Be ýgalos, Baisógalos, Do nu õs,
Kėdainiai, Š os, Jona õs, o ms a long, une en and jus below he no he n pa o
he alley. on he wes e n side, he no he n highlands a e bo de ed by he lowlands,
and on he eas e n side, he eas e n highlands a e bo de ed by he Pane ėžys and Ši in ies.
Pie iniai šiauliškiai įsi e pia a p aka ų aukš aičių kauniškių i pie ų aukš aičių (ž .
Lka i, žemėl. n . 1; www. a mes.l ).
3 The beginning o geolinguis ics in he wo ld is ela ed o he esea ch o he Ge man dialec ologis
Geo g Wenke , and in Li huania o he wo k o Kazimie z Bągos, An ano Salio (Lke 32[…]33; Salys 1985: 73[…]76;
Mo kūnas 1977: 7[…]8; 1980: 41[…]52). In addi ion o he abo e-men ioned opics, he Linguis ic Geog aphy o
įsigali geoling is ika (Mikulėnienė 2012; Mikulėnienė, s a ecka 2009: 40–42; www. a mes.l ). ki o i
ebekin a pa i me odika, be adicinių užda inių išsikeldama is naujus (kalėdienė 2011; aliūkai ė
2011: 257–259).
4 Plg. imos bakšienės, as os Leskauskai ės, dai os Vaišnienės 2011 m. p ojek ui Šiuolaikiniai geolin-
Li huania (LGG) has also de eloped an in e ac i e language in o ma ion dissemina ion and op imiza ion o
he ne wo k o poin s (VOP-TARMIS) based on a su ey o he dis inc i e linguis ic cha ac e is ics o
La ian speake s.
The i h ow, based on he wo ks o o he speake s, he a las o Li huanian language, maps o he
Li huanian language encyclopedia and ex s o he wes e n highlands o Šiauliai, assigns mo e places o
he men ioned a ea, see map (kazlauskai ė and k . 2007: 24). I is adi ionally included in his ca ego y, i.e.
acco ding o Lka i (no. 1), sou he n lowland a niškiams a e classi ied as džiukai (132 poin s), wes e n
highland kauniškiams a e classi ied as g kalnis (399), a iógala (400), leñčiai (401) and daugėlškiai (439), eas e n
highland paneškiams a e classi ied as su liškis (335). The e a e almos no la ge wo ks o hese sh ines,
(499) i Pociūnliai (265).
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159 a icles in his a icle compa e he cu en e ening high schools in Šiauliai wi h
he high schools o Kazimie z Jauniaus and An ano Salio and he high schools o
An ano Ba anausko and he high schools o An ano Ba anausko.
which a e no included in he a ea o e ening high-al i ude g asslands indica ed by he au ho . The i s
speech on his a ea was w i en by Vik o Po zheni syn (Po zheni syn 1896: 128), who spoke abou he
eas e n Li huanian dialec s o he dialec s ha en e ed he Kaunas Go e no a e a ha ime: Šiauliai,
Kaunas and Pane ėžis, an, am, en, emikymas, e.g. Žanė (su), ãesiu (plg. mid-Li huanian dialec o Žanė,
apsk i is, one iką. jo paminė a kaũno apsk ičiai p iklausiusi žemių i jų aplinki-
nių kaimų šnek a, ačiau a ski ai neap a a. iš šiai šnek ai, kaip i a imoms Šiauli
apsk i ies šnek oms, būdingų ypa ybių minė inos: nosinių balsių ą, ę i d iga sių
aesiu), aka, zias (Po zheni syn 1896: 8, 12); The p e ix l is p onounced ha shly he e and h oughou
Eas e n Li huanian, e.g. łasu ‘lesu, ładas (plg. lesù, lẽdas in Middle Li huanian), łang as, paniała
(Po zezinsky 1896: 24). The desc ip ion o kul õs šnek os (a illage in he uins, abou wo kilome e s om
kul õs, based on he language) was made by ju gis ge ulis (ge ullis 1930: 4851). Based on Ba anausku, he
assigned his lineage o he eas e n ibes, he i s o he sou he n ibes, and discussed i s
cha ac e is ics o ci cumcision, ba hing, and ba hing. In e ms o quan i y, oices a e sho , medium, and
long. In his opinion, he hal -leng hs can be he sho c osses i, u and he mixed doubles i, u + , l, m, n i s
le e s, e.g. b.βa was, p a. púp apul i, mú.m mum. he sho es owel a he beginning o a wo d, a
consonan o a consonan , p eceded by he i s consonan o he mixed owels, ansla ed as a, e.g.
[…]a[…]s […]ežys[…], […]puks[…]is […]paukš elis[…], […] […]ge i[…]. In speech, he long owels a e abb e ia ed as
opposi e owels, pos owels, and consonan s, and he wo owels a e abb e ia ed as one owel, e.g., g ui
‘g ūdelį, nù ue ‘nu ūpė, bał adɔne ‘bal aduony ė, e õ ‘ ie oje. he i s wo syllables (i), ei, au a e
educed, e.g. α […]ka […] aiko[…], aku[…]ɛi […]akulio iai[…], pukšɔ[…]is […]paukš elis[…]. O he wise, he owels
a he end o he wo d a e ollowed, e.g. dugnὶ ‘dugne6, maιs ‘mamy ės (ge ullis 1930: 4950).
The e a e e en i e access poin s: he sho (Ku z on), he sho (S oß on), he long (Dehn on),
he medium (Mi el on) and he sho (geschni enem Dehn on). The las wo a e discussed in
mo e de ail (ge ullis 1930: 48-49). he cha ac e is ics o he swimming pool a e men ioned: l
ha dening, e.g. […].[…]eła […]didelę[…], gał[…]· u me […]galė ume[…]; non-seman ic change o i
(symbol […]), e.g., […]in α […]. (Ge ullis 1930: 51) Wha is he Bible's iew o homosexuali y? 6 Plg: […]7.
This is he case in he Uni ed Kingdom. O he , o ci cula c oss-sec ion: (a) a le e o
ecommenda ion. Bu -è […] -ι: dugnè […] dugnὶ, die è […] diβὶ[…] (Ge ullis 1930: 50) This is he i s
ime ha he wo d is used in he English language.
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All hese ea u es a e illus a ed by i e sho ansc ibed ex s (ge ullis 1930: 52
[…] 53),7 accompanied by a ansc ibed poem by ab aham kul ieć […]go sey gelobe
und gebenedeie […] o […]Paga bin s buki and paczes awo as[…] (ge ullis 1930: 53).
Ru al high-al i ude middle-class illages, illages, illages, illages, illages, illages,
illages, illages, illages, illages, illages, illages, illages, illages, illages, illages
Mo kunas poin ed ou he s ong in e ac ion wi h Sla ic languages, bu did no
conside hem mo e widely (1993: 7). Some mo phological ea u es we e w i en by
boni acas s undžia (1980: 98100; 1988: 111114) abou he spelling, p onuncia ion and
p onuncia ion o he language o he Pnics and hei su oundings. This dialec is
di ided in o wo pašnek es, dis inguished by phone ic cha ac e is ics ( he end o he
wo d wi h he su ix, he end o he a, e (< -*án, -*én) and he co espondence o ą, ę).
In one o he illages, which includes he illages o Dagilion, Va eškiai, Highkaimio,
pninkų, kunigškių, saleniñkų, galūninis is ansla ed as a ype o balsiu, wi h he ma king
ʋ, e.g. sa ʋ, dūnk s, and in he place o galūninių a, e (< -*án, -*én) and ą, ą is said o be u,
i, ma king , ι, e.g. k ka , ši lkn, šilkinė, gi . In he second pa ag aph, which includes he
illages o Vãnagiškio, Padaig, keižoni8, he unci cumcised limb is said o be wi hou
e lec ion, bu also educed, e.g. ž, sъs, á ъs (and á ýs), and ins ead o he
limbs a, e (< -*án, -*én) and ą, ę. a e said o be a, e, e.g. a g, aka ą ank The wo-way
s ee in he illage, and he nos ils, a e main ained h oughou he a ea (S undža
1980: 98; 1988: 112).
o he cha ac e is ics, acco ding o he eache , a e common o all […]pninkų's con e sa ions. And
in he illages on he bo de wi h he eas e n highlands he e a e double owels, e.g. nepadi[…]je
[…]nepadėjo[…], u[…] em […] o ėm[…], he double owel uo is ansla ed uɔ o ɔ, e.g. du[…]də (and
d[…]də). a educed owel and un oiced owel ai, e.g., k úmý. ki is, excep o hose o whom
Li huanian is a second language, is sub ac ed om he umpos galūnės in o he p e-las
skiemenį, ha ing a long oice o a double oice ie, uo (s undžia 1980: 99100). Acco ding o he
obse a ion o he hou (1980: 99), he dialec s o he local people who speak Li huanian as hei
mo he ongue di e , bu a e weak. o he mo phological cha ac e is ics o he p esen ense
i s pe son o ms o he e b wi h , d, e.g. áudiau […]audžiau[…], s a iaũ […]s ačiau[…], i e a i e
e bs, e.g. apa dinėja […]apa ia[…]; p e e ably in he mo ning, e.g. in he mo ning (s undža 1980: 100).
Some o he peculia i ies o he c ossing and swimming o he Jona õs i e , which a ose due o
con ac s wi h Sla ic languages, we e discussed by Ru a Kazlauskai ė (2008: 600 […] 609). Acco ding o
he au ho , he e a e no double syllables in his discou se, and, o example, all ele en Ba anausko
dialec s a e p esen ed in he same se en ex s. 8 s undžia (1980: 98) indica es he name o he
illage o keižioni and explains in he insc ip ion ha he names o he illages a e gi en by him as
hey we e w i en om he local popula ion.

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161s aipsniai / a icles
o s and, a man is a man; monosyllabic owels ie, uo, o example: he day o he day, α
p
duód α ‘pa duoda. In mixed amilies, i g ows as ollows: jåunesn.m younge ,
a až.a ažiu i. The inhabi an s o hese places do no speak some o he so
dialec s o he ew languages hey speak. A e he weakening o he p e- oices, he
p e- oices we e changed, e.g. pss ɛspussese ės, žmeszemės, g .čg yčia. Reduced o
publish hese ex s w i en in s one and ace (L ii 238 […]239, 246 […]248; kazlauskai ė
2005: 66 […]67):
jami neki čiuo ų galūnių balsiai, iš umposios galūnės ki is a i aukiamas ne ik
į p iešpasku inį skiemenį, u in į ilgąjį balsį a ba d ibalsį ie, uo, be i į d iga sinį
skiemenį. Links ama išlygin i ki čio ie ą žodžio pa adigmoje.
ˈ
I 's no ha I don' wan o alk abou i . is k; I 's a good
ˈ
one. I'm going o ake a look a i .
ˈ
ˈ
ˈ
ˈ
"I'm no going o lie o you, I'm
no going o lie o you.
I 's no like I don' know wha I'm doing. […] l i […] pa kõɔũ.ks is a
ˈ
ika […]. O he , o ci cula c oss-sec ion, o s ainless s eel he
pa ishes o Pano e i (Ma ke ičienė 2001: 169[…]170):
ˈ
wi hin a
day
and α α […]da a lá·is i[…] mu[…] e is;
b[…]da a ga i[…]ne (Ma ke ičienė 2001:
169), l a b α […] b[…]da a geg[…]. This is
he name o he song up o […]. […]u
abal[…]. Wha 's ha ?
[…] ishes[…];
(Ma ke ičie-
nė 2001: "I'm
no going o be able o do i ".
170); I would like o ask he P esiden -in-O ice o he Council whe he he is awa e o he ac ha he Council o Minis e s o he Eu opean Communi ies has adop ed a esolu ion on he si ua ion o e ugees and displaced pe sons in he o me Yugosla ia.
Lk 223): his
[…] en […]
s i […]. […]kis
gi […]n[…]
upninkai
(kazlauskai ė
mã·ma bú·da a kaliẽdọm / klekẽ·lιs k·p
α
/ dà pi ã·ga .kæp
α Ma ku iškiai (
kaz-
and o he s 2007: 90), lauskai ė and o he s. […]kis gi […]n[…] upninkai (kazlauskai ė and o he s 2007: 90), lauskai ė and o he s.
2007: 91), […] a […]s ježe a[…]: judʋs jže ʋs, […]psk i ʋs […]i bá·l ʋs
Ma ku iškiai (L 223), e gde gde liguóninē gul·je / kī s u ʋ kuóje i also known
as he "Lis o he dead" o he "Lis o he dead".
[…] l[…].
Wha is i ?
gaižūnai (kazlauskai ė i k . 2007: 96); jaugelškių (kazlauskai ė 2005: 68–69):
p
I'm no su e i I'm going o be able o do i , bu I'm
going o be able o do i . (Luke 22:22-25, 22) The
apos le Paul w o e: "Le us no become ego is ical, s i ing up compe i ion wi h one ano he , en ying one ano he , . . .
ˈ
[…]s u[…]gus […]s i […]kšč us
ˈ
žeimiai (L . 221), a[…]nʋ a[…]nʋ
jisa[…], also known as
ˈ
[…] i […] pi […]la apa[…]ugu(s) is he name o he i e Pasoda (Lk
22 pàc šená·uja sẽ·nis: kk a s eika à, ó·ks šenã· imas ba ėgala (L . 221), lakš igela
ˈ
laba g ažæ č.lba; also known as he "ba hing oom" o "ba hing oom" The plunge o
ˈ
he spinal co d (Lk . 225) The quo ed exce p s clea ly e lec he cha ac e is ics o
he plo o land unde conside a ion.
In he classi ica ion o he old young and middle-aged peasan s (sales 1933:
geoLingVis iniu Požiū iu
21[…]34; 1935: 1[…]87; 1946: 1[…]67; 1992: 3[…]140), he p esen -day peasan s a e pa
o he uppe -middle-class and uppe -middle-class wes e n peasan s (see Fig.
2). 9 O icial ime, Lka and 26 speci ied o ms.
Ten is w i en as yes.
The 11 h is Be hel.
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2 o V. The classi ica ion o he speeches o Kazimie he Younge and An ano Saliou
is highe han ha o he seconda y speeches o he seconda y speeches o he
seconda y speeches o he hi da y speeches o he hi da y speeches o he
hi da y speeches o he hi da y speeches o he hi da y speeches. F om he
map gi en, i can be seen ha he uppe pa o he hall is di ided in o wo a eas: he no he n pa ( he lowe pa o Šiauliai is comple ely subme ged) and he middle pa .
I 's ge ing la e in he a e noon.
These a eas di e no only in linguis ic ea u es. The clea and na u al bounda y o hese pa s:
[…][...] om Šiauliai o he junc ion o Be žė and Šùš ė he e a e long s e ches o ma shes and
spa sely popula ed o es s[…] (Salys 1992: 111). In ac , hese places a e ich in ma shes, 12 o
which a e desc ibed in he desc ip ion o he a ea o he highlands in he hall (1946: 38, 54; 1992: 77,
111) and he map o he Li huanian coun ies a ached, showing ha he a ea o hese highlands is
sligh ly lowe han Šiauliai, bu no comple ely subme ged.
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163 a icles o hicke s ( ėkė os, sùlinkių hicke s, i u ėnų and Šlu os
hicke s) and la ge o es ed massi s (Mažuõlių, Liaudškių and žpelkių) (see also
Lk 40, 41, 56, 57). in) and he e ening dusk.
Į an ąjį aukš aičių idu iečių plo ą (pie inį) p adedan Legečias įeina baisóga-
la, g ažškiai, Šlapãbe žė, kėdáinių, jona õs, kaũno, kaišiado i i P enų apylin-
kės. Šioje a mių klasi ikacijoje aukš aičiai idu iečiai a sidu ia a p aukš aičių a-
ka iečių (žiemiečių, eliuoniečių i pie iečių), aukš aičių y iečių (pan ininkų, pun-
The geog aphical loca ion o he wes e n highlands o he p esen -day Šiauliai and he
middle highlands o he old di ision is e y simila , bu he e a e also di e ences (see
Figu e 3). This map shows ha : (1) he uppe middle hall en e ed he eas e n pa o
p esen -day Šiauliai; 2) he sou he n pa o he highlands included no only he
p esen -day no he n highlands o he Seulish, bu also a la ge pa o he wes e n
highlands o he Kaunish, a small pa o he adjacen sou he n highlands. 3 PaV.
O he In he cu en classi ica ion o high- ise buildings, he eas e n bounda y o he
Linguis ica Li uaniana LXXVII, g . i. na eckė elen a, senkus juozas 1968: a new
Lau a ge žo ai ė
wo k on ou language. –
4 PaV. Vaka ų aukš aičiai šiauliškiai an ano ba anausko a mių klasi ikacijoje13
Pa eik asis žemėlapis odo, kad daba inių aka ų aukš aičių šiauliškių i se-
a ea o high- ise buildings coincides wi h he bounda y o he a ea o high- ise
buildings. In addi ion, he eas e n bounda y o he old highland Medi e anean ange
almos coincides wi h he isophonums o he s one c ossing […], […] (see Lka ii, map no.
44) and he s one wis ing am, an (see Lka ii, map no. 69). F om hese isophones o he
eas , he noses, noses, and i s owels begin o na ow (see Fig. 2). The wes e n edge
o he highlands almos coincides wi h he edge o he e and especially he e (see Lka ii,
map no. 15, 28) isophones, om which he whole o he eas (and he e o e almos he
highlands o he highlands) is said o be ha d (see Fig. 2). These wo classi ica ions combine
13 sud. Lau a ge žo ai ė (2011).
Pie inės aka ų aukš aičių šiauliškių šnek os:
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he sou he n subdialec s o he Wes e n
aukš ai ian o Šiauliai: he geolinguis ic
aspec and i s in e p e a ions
suMMa y he a icle is conce ned wi h he a ea o he Šiauliai subdialec o he Wes e n
Aukš ai ian in he classi ica ions o Li huanian dialec s du ing a ious pe iods. he ocus is on
he li le s udied sou he n subdialec s o Jona a and i s en i ons. by applying a compu e
ca og aphy me hod, he Wes e n aukš ai ian o Šiauliai in he classi ica ion by Zigmas
Zinke ičius and aleksas gi denis was compa ed o he Middle aukš ai ian in he classi ica ion by
kazimie as jaunius and an anas salys and o he i s eas e n in he classi ica ion by an anas
ba anauskas. he compa ison o he men ioned a eas demons a ed hei in e media e
si ua ion wi h he Wes , while in he Eas hey bo de on he Eas e n Highlands. In he
Ba anauskas classi ica ion he i s eas e n ha di e s om he Wes e n Aukš ai ian o
Šiauliai by dis ibu ion also inds i sel be ween he Wes e n and second and hi d eas e n. The
ega d o o he subdialec s. he
Wes e n Aukš ai ian o Šiauliai
inds i sel be ween he
žemai ian and eas e n aukš ai ian. Wi h ega d o
he Wes e n Aukš ai ian o Šiauliai
, jau nius
and salys’ Middle aukš ai ian ha is simila ly placed bo de s wi h he Wes e n aukš ai ian in
sub-dialec s o Jonah and i s en i ons eme ge as pe iphe al, i.e., as occupying a inge si ua ion
wi h espec o he compa able sub-dialec s. Thei pe iphe al si ua ion was de e mined no only
by hei excep ional geog aphical si ua ion bu also by hei in e ac ion wi h he Sla ic
languages ha we e spoken in hese a eas.
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