Languages

Lithuanian Language

Govorun Translation Agency is providing its customers with correct and accurate translations from Lithuanian and to Lithuanian .
All translators have been carefully selected by our staff recruitment personnel and are ready to perform to the highest professional standards.
We work exclusively with mother tongue linguists who translate into their native language, which effectively minimizes any possible inaccuracies.
We support the following areas of expertise: Advertising & PR, Technology & Engineering, Law & Litigation Support, Banking & Finance, Medical & Health, Automotive & Aerospace, Food & Agriculture, Extractive Industries, Personal Documents and other.

SOME FACTS ABOUT LITHUANIAN

LITHUANIAN: a language of Lithuania
SIL code: LIT
ISO 639-1: lt
ISO 639-2: lit

Population 2,955,200 in Lithuania (including 3,460 Tatar) or about 80% of the population (1998). Population total all countries 4,000,000 (1993 UBS).

Region Lithuania. Capital is Vilnius. Also spoken in Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia (Europe), Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan.

Alternate names LIUTUVISKAI, LIETUVI, LITOVSKIY, LITEWSKI, LITAUISCHE

Dialects AUKSHTAITISH (AUKSHTAICHIAI, AUKSTAITISKAI, HIGHLAND LITHUANIAN), DZUKISH (DZUKISKAI), SHAMAITISH (SAMOGITIAN, ZHEMAITISH, ZEMAITIS, ZEMAITISKAI, ZEMACHIAI, LOWLAND LITHUANIAN), SUVALKIETISKAI.

Classification Indo-European, Baltic, Eastern.

Comments Aukstaitiskai speakers can understand Suvalkai easily, Dzukai with a little difficulty, and vice versa. Zemaitiskai is difficult for all others to understand. Second languages Russian or English used with foreigners. All domains. All ages. Highlanders look down on lowlanders. Some speakers have reserved attitudes toward Russian and Polish. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. Postpositions; genitives, relatives after noun heads. Literacy rate in first language: 99%. Roman script. Christian, Muslim (Tatar). Bible 1735-1998.

Lithuania