Lithuanian

Indo-European (Baltic)3 million totalLatin

RegionLithuania

FamilyIndo-European (Baltic)

Speakers3 million total

ScriptLatin

TypeAlphabetic

About Lithuanian

The most conservative living Indo-European language. Retains sounds and case endings lost everywhere else. Linguists treasure it as a window on the ancestral tongue. One of only two living Baltic languages. Its folk song treasury holds hundreds of thousands of dainos.

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Latvian

Indo-European1.8 millionLatin

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