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Languages of Lithuania

The Linguasphere Register records 8 entries for Lithuania, spread across 2 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

8Register entries
2Sectors present
4Zones
1Language entries

4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN

Register entries recorded in Lithuania

CodeEntryLevelNote
44=CENTRAL-EURASIAZoneCovers the "Turkic + Manchurian" or "Altaic" reference area and hypothesis, part of the "wider Altaic" hypothesis (with …
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52-ACFRYSK + DEUTSCHChainCONTINENTAL-WEST-GERMANIC, "frisian" + "teutonic". for note on the term "teutonic" see [52] Deutsch + Nederlands below. …
52-ACBDEUTSCH + NEDERLANDSNetGERMAN + DUTCH, deutsch + "dutch", ’teutonic’. The modern spoken and recorded idioms of this net are classified below …
52-ACB-cDeutsch-NOuterLow-German, nord-deutsch, niederdeutsch, plattdeutsch, "german"-N., in [52] Nederlands: nederduits, in [51] Français …
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
53=SLAVICZoneCovers the "Slavonic" or Slovenčina + Slovensko set, part of the "Balto-Slavic" grouping within the "Indo-European …
54=BALTICZoneCovers the "Baltic", "Latvian + Lithuanian" or Lietuviškai + Latviašu set, part of the "Balto-Slavic" grouping within …

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.