Alternate Names: Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Dialects: Aukshtaiciu (Aukshtaiciai, Aukstaitiškai, Highland Lithuanian), Dzuku (Dzukiškai), Suvalkieciu (Suvalkietiškai), Žemaiciu (Lowland Lithuanian, Samogitian, Žemaiciai, Žemaitis, Žemaitiškai). Aukstaičiai easily understand Suvalkiečių, Dzukų with some difficulty, and vice versa; Žemaičių is difficult for others to understand.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,800,000 in Lithuania (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 3,001,860.
Language Use: All domains. All ages. 925,000 also use English [eng]. 434,000 also use Polish [pol]. 2,312,000 also use Russian [rus].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 99%. Fully developed. Bible: 1735–1998.
Typology: Postpositions; genitives, relatives after noun heads.
Spoken In: Lithuania
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Lithuania
Other Comments: Christian, Muslim (Tatar).