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 Laukas
Ėglupiai, Sūduva

Ėglupiai is near major  ^
Sūdovian Cultural Sites.
 

Roman coins (Tiberius/Caligula) from Pajevonys
predate 2nd Century Ptolemy's mention of Σουδινοί.
 

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It is very popular now in Lithuania to refer
to Pre-Christian Sūdovians as Jotvingians.
The primary distinction is religious
and not so much ethnicity & genetics.

By the 18th Century, most Sūdovians
were either bi- or tri-lingual,
and thus not identified when speaking
Lithuanian, Polish, or Belarussian.

They converted, went to church,
and inter-married with others.
This is how the Jotvingians "vanished".*

There may still have been old speakers
as late as the 19th Century in the
remote Białowieża Forest area.

A census by clergy in Belarus at
that time revealed 31,000 church members
identified themselves as "Yatviags".

"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"
 

* Jotvingians "vanished" in the same way
as the Anasazi "vanished" in the American Southwest.
Academics should contact the Zuni for details.

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