Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian dialects, Lithuanian alphabet, Lithuanian
orthography, Lithuanian language history and sources
Lithuanian language
Lithuanian (Lietuvių
kalba): Official language of
Number
of Lithuanian Speakers: Four million, including Tatars.
Lithuanian Speakers:
Language Classification: The Lithuanian language belongs to
the Indo-European family of languages together with Latvian
in the Baltic group of languages.
Lithuanian Dialects: Zemaiciu (Samogitian) spoken by western
Lithuanians, and Aukstaiciu (Highlander) spoken by southern,
eastern and northern Lithuanians. In terms of linguistic
sketch, the Lithuanian has a pitch accent system; that is,
the meaning of the word depends on the pitch of the vowel.
Lithuanian Alphabet: Modified Roman alphabet. The first
Lithuanian alphabet printed in Mosvidius' Catechismus.
Lithuanian Orthography: Diacritics are used to symbolize an important aspect of Lithuanian speech, namely "accent." Lithuanian is composed of 12 (six long and five short) vowels and 20 consonants. Each noun has seven cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, locative, and vocative. |
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Lithuanian Language History: The Lithuanians had no standard
written language of their own for a rather long period of
time until the last decades of the 19th century. Printing of
Lithuanian books in Lithuanian (Latin) type was banned for
four decades (1864 to 1904) as a result of "Russification"
policy.
Lithuanian Language Enriched by: Latvian and old Prussian.
Lithuanian Standardization Efforts: The official usage of toponyms in the
Unique
Features of Lithuanian: The western border areas of
A good
source of information on Lithuanian language is
Postilla 400
that explores the roots and origins.
UCLA Language Materials
Project has additional background information on
Lithuanian
language.
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