01 January 2008

Languages of Lithuania

The Republic of Lithuania, although located in the center of Europe, is considered a Eastern European nation.

The country's official language, Lithuanian, is spoken by about three million people. Other living languages within Lithuania are Karaim, nearly extinct, and Baltic Romani.

Karaim-Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian
Lithuanian-Classification: Indo-European, Baltic, Eastern
Baltic Romani-Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern

For more information, go to: http://www.ethnologue.com/

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