Languages of Lithuania
Republic of Lithuania, Lietuvos Respublika. 3,425,000. National or official language: Lithuanian. Literacy rate: 99%. Immigrant languages: Belarusan (63,000), Eastern Yiddish (4,010), Erzya (500), Latvian (5,000), Polish (258,000), Russian (344,000), Tatar (5,100), Ukrainian (45,000). The number of individual languages listed for Lithuania is 4. Of those, all are living languages.
| Karaim | [kdr]
120 in Lithuania. Ethnic population: 273 in Lithuania.
Alternate names: Turkic Karaite.
Dialects: Trakay (Trakai).
Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian
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| Lithuanian | [lit]
2,960,000 in Lithuania (1998). Population total all countries: 3,154,180. Widespread. Also in Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Poland, Russian Federation (Europe), Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan.
Alternate names: Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy.
Dialects: Aukshtaitish (Aukshtaichiai, Aukstaitiskai, Highland Lithuanian), Dzukish (Dzukiskai), Shamaitish (Samogitian, Zhemaitish, Zemaitis, Zemaitiskai, Zemachiai, Lowland Lithuanian), Suvalkietiskai. Aukstaitiskai easily understand Suvalkai, Dzukai with some difficulty, and vice versa; Zemaitiskai difficult for others to understand.
Classification: Indo-European, Baltic, Eastern
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| Lithuanian Sign Language | [lls]
Classification: Deaf sign language
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| Romani, Baltic | [rml]
Dialects: Lithuanian Romani.
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern
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