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Lithuanian language


Name	Lithuanian
Nativename	lietuvių kalba
States	Lithuania
Region	Europe
Speakers	3.2 million (Lithuania) 500,000 (Abroad) 4 million (Worldwide)
Iso1	lt
Iso2	lit
Iso3	lit
Lingua	54-AAA-a
Familycolor	Indo-European
Fam1	Indo-European
Fam2	Baltic
Fam3	Eastern Baltic
Dia1	Samogitian
Script	Latin (Lithuanian variant)
Nation	Lithuania European Union
Minority	Poland
Agency	Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Notice	IPA

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Lithuanian (lietuvių kalba) is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they are not mutually intelligible. It is written in an adapted version of the Roman script. The Lithuanian language is believed to be the most conservative living Indo-European language, retaining many features of Proto Indo-European now lost in other Indo-European languages.

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