The Languages Spoken In Lithuania

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Languages in Lithuania You are here: Countries / Lithuania

Most of the inhabitants of Lithuania speak the Lithuanian language, a Baltic language closely related to Latvian. The uniqueness of the language is rooted in the Indo-European family primarily with the Sanskrit and Hindi. The language has an archaic nature of forms and structures. Beforehand, an Old Prussian Baltic Language was relevant to the country but later on, it became extinct. Curonian, Sudovian, and other Baltic Languages had also been a part of the languages in Lithuania. About two million people of Lithuania are native speakers; other nationalities also speak the language across the world.

The Lithuanian language has two dialects: the Aukštaičių (Aukštaitia , Highland Lithuanian), and the Žemaičių/Žemaitiu (Samogitian, Lowland Lithuanian). The Aukštaitia is the basis for the standard dialect in Lithuania. With diverse combinations of dipthongs and ogonek vowels, this dialect has truly embodied incomparable features. On the other hand, the Samogitian, the dialect mostly spoken in the western part of Lithuania, has also some diverse features in phonetics, lexicon, syntax, and morphology. Moreover, the difference between the two is the verb conjugation.

Other languages such as Russian, Polish, and English are also widely used in the country. Having been a captive of the Soviet Union, their language had widely spread the country. About 80% of the population of the Lithuania, speaks Russian, second language of the country. Polish and German are also spoken in the country due to several historical reasons. People also learn the English language in their schools, and it is also spoken in the country.