Lithuanian: The oldest European language still spoken today

Lithuanian is the oldest of all the Indo-European languages that is still spoken to this day and has changed the least. Lithuanian belongs to the Baltic language group and has many similarities with its sister Slavic languages.

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3 interesting facts about the Lithuanian language

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The Lithuanian letters sound similar to their English equivalents but need to be stretched longer during pronunciation.
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The Lithuanian language uses the Latin alphabet, but, in comparison to English, Lithuanian has 9 unique letters and has dropped the letters (w, x and q).
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Lithuanian endings are attached to foreign names. For example, Tom is called Tomas and Bob is called Bobas.

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Origin of the language

Lithuanian emerged in the Baltic regions.

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History of the language

It is believed that Lithuanian originated in 1009 AD.

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Learning the language

For an English speaker, about 2100 hours are needed to learn Lithuanian.

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Fun facts about the Lithuanian language

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One of the least spoken languages in Europe

Although it is the oldest known language of Europe, Lithuanian is now one of the least spoken with only around 3 million active speakers.

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The longest word

The longest word in Lithuanian is nebeprisikiškiakopūsteliaujantiesiems, which has 37 letters, and refers to a person who is no longer capable of picking a plant called ood sorrel.

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Similarity with Sanskrit

Sanskrit is an Indian language, and, yet oddly, it has many words that are similar to Lithuanian. Some examples arevyras (man) andavis (sheep).

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