Yotvingians or
Sudovians (also called
Suduvians,
Jatvians, or
Jatvingians in English) (; ; , , ) were a
Baltic people with close cultural ties in 1200CE to the
Lithuanians and
Prussians. The
Yotvingian language (sometimes called
Sudovian) was a Western
Baltic language nearest to
Prussian, but with small variations. They were referred to in regional historical records into the 19th century.