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Aug 1, 2017 · Lithuanian is the official language in Lithuania, with over 85% of native speakers and 90% fluent speakers in the country. Due to centuries of usage in the country, Lithuanian is a national identity.
- Joyce Chepkemoi
Lithuanian (endonym: lietuvių kalba, pronounced [lʲiəˈtʊvʲuː kɐɫˈbɐ]) is an East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the language of Lithuanians and the official language of Lithuania as well as one of the official languages of the European Union.
The sole official language in Lithuania, as well as the language you will hear the most, is Lithuanian (native to some 85% of the population and spoken by 96%). With millennia-old history and struggles for its survival, Lithuanian language is very much a part of national identity.
- Official Language: Lithuanian. Lithuanian, or as they say it, lietuvių kalba, belongs to one of the two Baltic languages left of the Indo-European language.
- Russian. Russian is considered one of the largest minority languages used in Lithuania, second after Polish, spoken natively by 8.2% of the population. Russian native speakers live primarily in city areas.
- Polish. Poles in Lithuania are the largest minority group, and most of the population is concentrated in southeast Lithuania. However, since they have quite a several communities in Lithuania, some towns actually use Polish as the primary spoken language- since there are 5.8% of native speakers from the whole Lithuanian population.
- English. English is the most popular foreign language in Lithuania and also the most popular for Lithuanians to learn, with 30% of the whole population can speak the language, and 80% of the youth can speak the language.
Lithuanian language, East Baltic language most closely related to Latvian; it is spoken primarily in Lithuania, where it has been the official language since 1918. It is the most archaic Indo-European language still spoken. A Lithuanian literary language has been in existence since the 16th.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Lithuanian is spoken by most of the inhabitants of Lithuania and by expatriates in such countries as the United States, Canada, and Australia. Lithuanian appears in two main dialect groups, Low Lithuanian (along the Baltic coast) and High Lithuanian, with further dialect subdivisions.
