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Lithuanian (lietuvių kalba)

Lithuanian is a Baltic language related to Latvian and Old Prussian with about 3.2
million speakers in Lithuania. There are also Lithuanian speakers in Poland, the USA,
Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the UK and Uruguay.

Lithuanian first appeared in print in 1547 in a catechism. The first Lithuanian

dictionary was printed during the 17th century. Between 1864 and 1904 the printing
and teaching of Lithuanian was banned; Russian, Polish, Belarusian or Latin had to
be used instead. After this ban was lifted in 1904, there was a resurgence of
Lithuanian literature.

From 1918 to 1940, the nation of Lithuania was

independent, and over 7,000 books in Lithuanian were Lithuanian at a glance
published. Since 1991, when Lithuania once more gained Native name: lietuvių kalba
Linguistic affliation: Indo-
its independence, a large number of publications in
European, Balto-Slavic, Eastern Baltic
Lithuanian has appeared, including newspapers, Number of speakers: c. 3.2 million
magazines and scientific and technical works. Spoken in: mainly Lithuania and
Poland
Lithuanian is the state language of Lithuania and one of First written: 1547
Writing system: Latin alphabet
the official languages of the European Union (EU). It is
Status: state language of Lithuania
also recognised as a minority language in Poland.

Lithuanian alphabet (lietuvių abėcėlė) & pronunciation

Listen to Augustinas Žemaitis reading the Lithuanian alphabet

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Download a Lithuanian alphabet chart (Excel)

Sample text
Visi žmonės gimsta laisvi ir lygūs savo orumu ir teisėmis. Jiems suteiktas protas ir
sąžinė ir jie turi elgtis vienas kito atžvilgiu kaip broliai.

Listen to Augustinas Žemaitis reading this text

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Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed
with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of
brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Sample video in Lithuanian

WIKITONGUES: Erika speaking Lithuanian

Information about Lithuanian | Phrases | Numbers | Family words | Tower of Babel

| Learning materials

Links
Information about Lithuanian
Learn
http://postilla.mch.mii.lt/Kalba/kalbarast.en.htm
Lithuanian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language
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http://www.linguanaut.com/english_lithuanian.htm
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Online Lithuanian dictionaries
http://www.lingvozone.com/LingvoSoft-Online-English-Lithuanian-
Dictionary
http://www.zodynas.lt
http://www.letonika.lv/groups/default.aspx
http://www.lietuviuzodynas.lt

Online Lithuanian news

http://www.omni.lt

Online Lithuanian radio

http://www.lrt.lt
http://www.ziniuradijas.lt
http://saulesradijas.lt
http://www.radijas.fm

Baltic languages
Latgalian, Latvian, Lithuanian

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

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