Talk:Galindian language
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Wasn't it meant to be article about language ? Taw 22:32 Dec 1, 2002 (UTC)
The Galindians (German: Galinder) were part of the Baltic Old Prussian people living in Prussia south of the Baltic Sea. There may be some early church recordings of Galindian language. The Galindians, named after Galindo, a son of Prussian chief Widewuto or Waidewut, and Sudovians were fist recorded nearly 2000 years ago.
In the 8th century Galindians were part of a Saxon convoy fighting against Christianization and take-over attempts of Free Germania from the West by Frankish king and later emperor Charlemagne.
With centuries of conquest attempts by Avars, Magyars, Slavs, from the South-East the southern parts of Prussia's Gaue (Latin: Pagis) of Galindia and Sudovia were partially conquered and overtaken by Poles and Rus. In AD 983 an attempt to conquer the Sudovians (in Rus recorded as Yatvigians, Jatvigians), is recorded to have been made by Vladimir of the Rus. In AD 997 the newly created Ducal Polanen (Poles) under Boleslaus I of Poland attempted conquests, called Christianization, of the Prussians and Pomeranians.
They were repelled and many more attempts followed.