Lithuania

Extensive List of Languages of Lithuania: Spoken and Extinct Languages

Karaim
[kdr] 120 in Lithuania. Ethnic population: 273 in Lithuania. Alternate names: Turkic Karaite. Dialects: Trakay (Trakai). Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian

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

Lithuanian Sign Language
[lls] Classification: Deaf sign language

Romani, Baltic
[rml] Dialects: Lithuanian Romani. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern

:: Reference ::
Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/