Lithuanian

About Lithuanian

Lithuanian is the official language of Lithuania. Together with Latvian it is one of the two living Baltic languages, and it has kept many old features of the Indo-European languages, which makes it a favourite of historical linguists.

Lithuanian uses the Latin alphabet with extra letters: č sounds like ch, š like sh and ž like the s in "pleasure", while the hooks under ą, ę, į and ų now mark long vowels. Stress can fall on any syllable and is not marked in normal writing. Use jūs as a polite "you" with strangers and older people, and tu with friends.

FamilyIndo-European, Baltic
Official inLithuania
ScriptLatin alphabet, 32 letters
Codeslt (ISO 639-1), lit (ISO 639-3)

Classification: Wikidata. Retrieved 26 September 2026.

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