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Lithuanian language is an Indo-European language of the Baltic branch. It is closely related only to Latvian language, and it was only after 800 AD that the two languages started to differentiate. 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.

• Lithuanian has 3.4 million native speakers.
  


• It is spoken in Lithuania and, as a language of Lithuanian ethnical minorities, in the UK, Ireland, Poland, Belarus, Canada, the USA and other countries.
  


• It is an official language in Lithuania.
  


• Official EU language.

Lithuanian language uses a modification of the Latin alphabet. For sorting, note the position of the “Y”.

Alphabet:
A Ą B C Č D E Ę Ė F G H I Į Y J K L M N O P R S Š T U Ų Ū V Z Ž
a ą b c č d e ę ė f g h i į y j k l m n o p r s š t u ų ū v z ž