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Lithuanian language, alphabet and pronunciation (237 words) |
 | Lithuanian is a Baltic language related to Latvian and Old Prussian with about 3.5 million speakers in Lithuania. |
| Lithuanian is considered to oldest surviving Indo-European language and is thought to have retained some features of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) such as pitch-accent and a complex inflexional case system. |
| Lithuanian first appeared in print in the form of a catechism in 1547. |
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Lithuanian (865 words) |
| Lithuanian has a switch-reference system, i.e., one set of of verb endings is used when the subjects of the main and subordinate clauses refer to the same person, and another set when they refer to different people. |
| Lithuanian was not written prior to the middle of the 16th century, and the level of literacy among Lithuanians was low throughout the 18th century. |
| Lithuanian is considered to be a Category II language in terms of difficulty for speakers of English. |
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