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Languages of the World


Lithuanian language


Lithuanian:( Lietuviu kalba) is an Eastern Baltic language spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Lithuanians and the official language of Lithuania as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 million native Lithuanians speakers in Lithuania and about 200 000 abroad.

As a Baltic language, Lithuanian is closely related to neighbouring Latvian and more distantly to Slavic, Germanic and other Indo-European languages. It is written in a Latin alphabet. Lithuanians is often said to be the most conservative living Indo-European language, restaining features of Proto-Indo-European now lost in other languages.



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