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Total population | |
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unknown | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Lithuania, Germany | |
Languages | |
Latvian (Kursenieki) | |
Religion | |
Lutheranism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Latvians, Prussian Lithuanians, Lithuanians |
The Kursenieki (Latvian: kursenieki, German: Kuren – 'Curonians', Lithuanian: kuršininkai, kuršiai) are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living along the Curonian Spit. "Kuršiai" refers only to inhabitants of Lithuania and former East Prussia that speak a southwestern dialect of Latvian. Some autochthonous inhabitants of Šventoji in Lithuania call themselves "kuršiai" as well.[1]