The Last Words of Old Prussian: How a Language Was Erased by the Sword
The death of a language is usually a slow fade, but Old Prussian was not so lucky. It was systematically eradicated by the sword of the Teutonic Knights in a brutal medieval crusade. This post delves into the tragic history of the Old Prussians and examines the precious few fragments, like the Elbing Vocabulary, that allow us to hear the last whispers of this lost Baltic tongue.
