Lithuanian is the official language of Lithuania. It is said to retain many features of Proto Indo-European now lost in other Indo-European languages. There are about 2.9 million speakers in the world – most of them in Lithuania but there is also an important Lithuanian diaspora.
There is no practical reason to learn Lithuanian apart from the pleasure I am getting in studying it. So far, I’m on my third lesson and can just about figure out how to say ‘The hairdresser goes to the factory by bike.’
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