The Old Prussian (in German Altpreußisch) is a Baltic language spoken in ancient Prussia (East Prussia), originally the Königsberg area (today Kaliningrad), a Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania. The language has not been spoken since the 17th century. Prussia gradually became German.
Was there a Prussian language?
Old Prussian language, West Baltic language extinct since the 17th century; it was spoken in the former German area of East Prussia (now in Poland and Russia). The poorly attested Yotvingian dialect was closely related to Old Prussian.
Is Prussian and German the same language?
Low Prussian (German: Niederpreußisch), sometimes known simply as Prussian (Preußisch), is a moribund dialect of East Low German that developed in East Prussia. ... It developed on a Baltic substrate through the influx of Dutch- and Low German-speaking immigrants.
