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Extinct: no

Family: Indo-European

Branch: Baltic

Continent: Europe

Country: Lithuania

Region: Lithuania. Capital is Vilnius. Also spoken in Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia (Europe), Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan.

Countries Where Spoken: 2,955,200 in Lithuania (including 3,460 Tatar) or about 80% of the population (1998). Population total all countries 4,000,000 (1993 UBS).

Countries Where Official: Lithuania

Native Speakers: 2,955,200

Speakers Total: 4,000,000

Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 314

Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 314

Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 424

Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 1,139

Three Letter Code: LIT

Alternative Names: LIUTUVISKAI, LIETUVI, LITOVSKIY, LITEWSKI, LITAUISCHE

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Summary: Aukstaitiskai speakers can understand Suvalkai easily, Dzukai with a little difficulty, and vice versa. Zemaitiskai is difficult for all others to understand. Second languages Russian or English used with foreigners. All domains. All ages. Highlanders look down on lowlanders. Some speakers have reserved attitudes toward Russian and Polish. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. Postpositions; genitives, relatives after noun heads. Literacy rate in first language: 99%. Roman script. Christian, Muslim (Tatar). Bible 1735-1998.

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