<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31329123</termId><termName>Balto-Slavic</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![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. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:28:42</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31329124</termId><termName>Balto-Slavic languages</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31310411</termId><termName>Indo-European</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>