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Lithuanian pages
Introduction · Lexicon

Baltic Languages
Eastern Baltic	Galindian · Prussian · Yotvingian · Skalvian
Western Baltic	Latvian · (Latgalian) · Lithuanian · (Samogitian) · Old Curonian · New Curonian · Selonian · Semigallian

Welcome to the Wikilang introduction page for the Lithuanian language, or as we call it, latviešu!

An Introduction to the Language

Lithuanian is a Baltic language most closely related to Latvian, although the two are not mutually intelligible. Together they are the two major Baltic languages still spoken today.

Family

Indo-European

• Balto-Slavic
  • Baltic
    • Eastern
      • Lithuanian

Spoken in

There are about 3.5 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 500,000 abroad.