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	Lithuanian language, alphabet and pronunciation
		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.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/lithuanian.htm (249 words)

	Lithuanian
		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.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/december/Lithuanian.html (889 words)

	Lithuanian_language information. LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
		Lithuanian still retains many of the original features of the nominal morphology found in the common ancestors of the Indo-European languages, and has therefore been the focus of much study in the area of Indo-European linguistics.
		Lithuanian is the state language of Lithuania and an official language of the European Union.
		The Lithuanian language is a highly inflected language in which the relationships between parts of speech and their roles in a sentence are expressed by numerous flexions.
	language.school-explorer.com /Lithuanian (2328 words)

	Lithuanian Language
		Lithuanian Speakers: Poland, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Canada, and the U.S. Language Classification: The Lithuanian language belongs to the Indo-European family of languages together with Latvian in the Baltic group of languages.
		Lithuanian Dialects: Zemaiciu (Samogitian) spoken by western Lithuanians, and Aukstaiciu (Highlander) spoken by southern, eastern and northern Lithuanians.
		Lithuanian Orthography: Diacritics are used to symbolize an important aspect of Lithuanian speech, namely "accent." Lithuanian is composed of 12 (six long and five short) vowels and 20 consonants.
	www.online-languagetranslators.com /lithuanian_language.htm (326 words)

	Baltic Online
		One of the most distinguished Lithuanian poets and playwrights of the second half of the 20th century, Justìnas Marcinkevicius has chosen as the basis of many of his works the most prominent cultural phenomena of the Lithuanian nation and, the most significant events of its history.
		Lithuanian consonants are pronounced with the speech organs relatively relaxed.
		Nouns in Lithuanian are inflected to show their relations with other words and their function in the sentence.
	www.utexas.edu /cola/centers/lrc/eieol/litol-1-R.html (3089 words)

	kir\site\lithuanian
		Lithuanian is not very old comparing to Greek and Latin, but it also has its long history.
		At that moment Lithuanian was full of small dialects, but since the country was strengthening the central dialects slowly assimilated those of Baltic shore, of rural regions and even some other Baltic minor languages including Curonian.
		Lithuanian suffered great influence from Slavic languages, mostly Polish and Russian, and also borrowed some words from Finno-Ugric tribes who used to live north from them, but still Lithuanian has preserved its purity.
	members.tripod.com /~babaev/tree/lithuanian.html (387 words)

	Baltic
		Standard Lithuanian, formed at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, is based on the southern subdialect of West High Lithuanian.
		The mixing and levelling of the Lithuanian dialects started at the beginning of the 20th century owing to the influence of a standard language, and it was especially intensified after the creation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940.
		Lithuanian has retained the initial clusters pj and bj, which in Latvian (and similarly in Slavic) have passed to pl and bl—e.g., Lithuanian piáuti “to cut” (pi is pronounced as pj) = Latvian plaut; Lithuanian biaurùs “hideous, nasty” = Latvian blaurs.
	www.rkp-montreal.org /en/05baltic (3519 words)

	Use of Computers in the Lithuanian Community - Arvydas Tamulis
		The Lithuanian alphabet requires an addition of nine Latin letters with diacritical marks, with the assumption that the full English alphabet is preserved.
		This seemed the perfect environment to ask about the implementation of the Lithuanian alphabet: certainly the experts were here and their experiences would be directly applicable to our situation because of the similarity in equipment.
		I was shown a terminal and keyboard which had the capital letters of the English and Cyrillic alphabets in what are normally the upper and lower case positions of the keyboard.
	www.lituanus.org /1984_3/84_3_01.htm (2728 words)

	Learn Lithuanian Language - Free Conversational Lithuanian Lessons Online - Common Lithuanian Words and Phrases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The key is to immerse yourself in the language and use it as often as possible in order to build up your skills of speaking it and listening to it, understanding and comprehending it...
		The Phrasebase website is the ultimate environment allowing you to read an Lithuanian Alphabet based phonetic spelling of common and useful everyday phrases in effort to memorize it and it's meaning.
		Lithuanian Language Exchange Pen-Pals - Community of people from around the world interested in teaching you their language and sharing their culture with you.
	www.phrasebase.com /learn/lithuanian.php (1866 words)

	BBC Education - Languages
		Lithuanian is the official language of Lithuania, and is also spoken in Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Poland, UK, Belarus and Germany.
		The first written Lithuanian dates from the 16th century, and was an anonymous prayer of 1503.
		Between 1795 and 1915 Lithuania was ruled by Czarist Russia, and in an attempt to enforce the Russian standard and way of writing, the Latin alphabet was outlawed.
	www.bbc.co.uk /languages/european_languages/languages/lithuanian.shtml (95 words)

	Lithuanian Translation - Translate Lithuanian Language Translator
		Lithuanian is the official language of Lithuania, spoken by about 4 million native Lithuanians.
		The Lithuanian language still retains the original sound system and morphological peculiarities of the prototypal Indo-European language and therefore is fascinating for linguistic study.
		Lithuanian is one of two (the other is Latvian) living Baltic languages, which is a separate branch of the Indo-European languages, but perhaps closest to the Slavic family.
	www.translation-services-usa.com /languages/lithuanian.shtml (666 words)

	Lithuania (08/06)
		Lithuanian farmers grew stronger, and an increase in the number of intellectuals of peasant origin led to the growth of a Lithuanian national movement.
		Inspired by Sajudis, the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet passed constitutional amendments on the supremacy of Lithuanian laws over Soviet legislation, annulled the 1940 decisions on proclaiming Lithuania a part of the U.S.S.R., legalized a multi-party system, and adopted a number of other important decisions.
		The core of the Lithuanian force structure is the Iron Wolf Rapid Reaction Brigade, which consists of five battalions and appropriate support elements.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5379.htm (5204 words)

	Overview of the Lithuanian Language to Help You Learn Lithuanian
		The Lithuanian language is spoken by over 4 million people, primarily in the Republic of Lithuania where it is the official language.
		Lithuanian is one of the two Baltic languages which make up a branch of the Indo-European family.
		Lithuanian is written in a version of the Latin alphabet, the same alphabet used by English.
	www.transparent.com /languagepages/Lithuanian/overview.htm (469 words)

	Lithuania: The language - A part of Randburg
		The Lithuanian language is one of the most archaic in Europe.
		Lithuanian is a representative of the Baltic group of the Indo-European languages.
		The four ethnic groups of Lithuanians have preserved their dialects, which differ in their phonetic, morphological and syntactic features, and even in vocabulary.
	www.randburg.com /li/general/general_5.html (267 words)

	The Lithuanian Word. History. Press ban
		The idea of adapting the Cyrillic alphabet to the Lithuanian written language was first proposed by linguist Andrew Ugenski, professor of Kazan' University, in a letter to Bishop Valancius.
		He proposed that Lithuanian replace Polish as the language of instruction in schools and that the Cyrillic alphabet be used in place of the Polonized Latin script then current in written Lithuanian.
		The Polish Lithuanian insurrection of 1863 convinced many Russian military men and educators, particularly M. Muraviev and I. Kornilov, that Polish cultural and political influence was the main obstacle to successful Russian domination in Lithuania.
	www.spaudos.lt /Istorija/Press_ban.en.htm (1085 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		Lithuanians are neither Slavic nor Germanic, although the union with Poland and Germanic and Russian colonization and settlement left cultural and religious influences.
		Most Lithuanians and ethnic Poles belong to the Roman Catholic Church; Orthodoxy is the largest non-Catholic denomination.
		The Lithuanian language still retains the original sound system and morphological peculiarities of the prototypal Indo-European tongue and therefore is fascinating for linguistic study.
	www.traveldocs.com /lt/people.htm (373 words)

	Lithuanian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is evidence to suggest the existence of a Balto-Slavic language group after the splitting of the Proto-Indo-European language, with the Slavic and Baltic branches then dividing after a prolonged "period of common language and life" (Szemerényi).
		It is also spoken by ethnic Lithuanians living in today's Belarus, Latvia, Poland, and Russia, and by emigrant communities in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and the United States.
		In addition to the standard Roman letters, the ogonek accent (conventionally known as the caudata) is used to indicate long vowels, and is a historical relic of a time when these vowels were nasalized (as ogonek vowels are in modern Polish), and at an even earlier time were followed by an 'n' sound.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lithuanian_language (1899 words)

	Lithuanian Language Alphabet
		The first alphabet was introduced in the Cathecismus written by Martynas Mažvydas in 1547.
		1864-1904 was the period of the ban of the Russian tsarist authorities on the printing of Lithuanian publications in Latin letters, their importation from abroad or distribution in Lithuania and the districts in the European part of the Russian Empire.
		In 2004, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the recovery of the Lithuanian press in Latin characters, the first genuine Lithuanian computer font called Palemonas was developed (see Figure).
	www.vlkk.lt /lithuanian-language/alphabet.htm (127 words)

	Baudouin de Courtenay's Contribution to Lithuanian Linguistics - William R. Schmalstieg
		According to Baudouin de Courtenay the ban on the Latin alphabet for Lithuanian books and publications was one of the disturbing and very important factors in the awakening of Lithuanian patriotism and even chauvinism.
		On the other hand although the Lithuanians took over wholesale the Polish form of the Latin alphabet with certain additions and modifications, that doesn't mean that their language became Polish.
		The decision to rescind the ban on Lithuanian books was a victory over prejudices and misunderstandings which had been harmful for the entire state and for the various social groups inhabiting that state.
	www.lituanus.org /1995_1/95_1_01.htm (5225 words)

	Pastor's Pages \| Academic Works \| The Message of the First Lithuanian Book
		Lithuanians were the only branch within the branch that managed to create a state entity in the 13th century.
		Lithuanian alphabet was not created until the middle of the 16th century.
		Here is what Lithuanian historian A. Sapoka, himself a Catholic writes on the Catholic clergy of the 16th century, “Those from the clergy were not the preachers of Christ's doctrine.
	www.btz.lt /English/Giedrius/works/lihuanbook.htm (3072 words)

	CHAPTER I
		According to Toynbee, such Lithuanian reaction to the pressure by the Teutonic knights is reflected even in the Lithuanian coat-of-arms which depicted a rider with a sword, wearing peasant shoes.
		However, the Lithuanians were able to do this only after they had accepted the religion, culture and martial techniques of their enemies.
		Not all historians of Lithuanian culture are committed to the conception of "Lithuania lagging behind the West." Professor Pleckaitis stresses more the achievements of Lithuanian philosophy through the ages.
	www.crvp.org /book/Series04/IVA-17/chapter_i.htm (5717 words)

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		Up until the end of the 14th century Lithuanians used to be given ethnic names.
		The revival of Lithuanian ethnic names came with the national rebirth at the turn of the 20th century, The first calendars with ethnic names were published in the 1920's.
		Lithuanians call each other by their first name.
	thelithuanians.com /names/name.html (575 words)

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		Quite often the English alphabet is used instead of Lithuanian one and the text of such electronic mail reminds books printed in kirilica one hundred year ago.
		After that Lithuanian language as an additional language should be set and finally the required coding table should be selected in several menus.
		Some of them have to write in Lithuanian very rarely, so they are trying to persuade that it is impossible to correspond in Lithuanian (differently from other languages) and are tended to dictate their own primitive slangy writing style.
	www.infobalt.lt /konferencija/2000/pranesimai/dagys.htm (1489 words)

	Edge Translation
		Lithuanian is the official language for Lithuania and is spoken by 2,955,200 people.
		Lithuanian is spoken by a total of 3,125,281 people worldwide in over 18 other countries.
		All our Lithuanian Translators have to meet stringent criteria before they can become part of our Translation team.
	www.edgetranslation.net /lithuanian1.htm (201 words)

	AllRefer.com - Lithuanian (Language And Linguistics) - Encyclopedia
		The official language of Lithuania since 1918, Lithuanian is spoken by approximately 3 million people there and by an additional half-million elsewhere in the world, chiefly in the Western Hemisphere.
		The importance of Lithuanian in linguistic studies stems from its designation as the most ancient of the living Indo-European languages.
		It is also the language closest to Proto–Indo-European, the ancestral tongue from which all the Indo-European languages evolved.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Lithuanian.html (219 words)

	languagehat.com: TO SPITE THE POLES.
		According to the old Romantic belief, it was declared the most decisive and hierarchically the highest element of that identity: contamination of the language signified impending annihilation of the group and its culture.
		At the time of the Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) uprising of 1863-5, most of the Lithuanian part of the former Commonwealth was known as the Northwestern Region in Russia and consisted of six provinces (губерний), of which two would later become part of Lithuania, and the rest, part of Belarus.
		And in particular he resolved to change the Lithuanian alphabet (then 300 years old) to Cyrillic, ostensibly because it was Polish.
	www.languagehat.com /archives/002496.php (2007 words)

	ISO 8859 Alphabet Soup
		The ISO 8859 charsets are not even remotely as complete as the truly great Unicode but they have been around and usable for quite a while (first
		ISO 639 language codes for some 150 of the world's several thousand known languages.
		This is the Arabic alphabet, unfortunately the basic alphabet for the Arabic (ar) language only and not containing the four extra letters for Persian (fa) nor the eight extra letters for Pakistani Urdu (ur).
	czyborra.com /charsets/iso8859.html (1564 words)

	The Latvian Alphabet - Letter Encoding and Graphic Image Catalog
		Of the 35 Latvian letter pairs, 22 letter pairs are common with the english language alphabet set.
		By substituting a "backward slash" ("\") for the "diacritic mark" in the diacritical letter, it is possible to search for names within a databank and remain sensitive to diacritical nuances.
		To visualize the latvian alphabet, individual graphical images were created to represent one of each of the letter pairs, for a total of 70 images.
	www.daily-tangents.com /Alfabets (453 words)

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