<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Balto-Slavic</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31329123</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:28:42</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Balto-Slavic languages</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Baltic and Slavic languages are here groped into a single branch due to the exclusively shared features; developed in the early Common Era with Baltic and Slavic tribes occupying a large area of eastern Europe, including much of present-day Poland and the states of Belarus, Ukraine, and westernmost Russia. The earliest Slavic texts, written in a dialect called Old Church Slavonic, date from the 9th century CE; the oldest substantial material in Baltic dates to the end of the 14th century. ]]></dc:description></metadata>