Labas!
say it: “LAH-bahs”
Lithuanian
in its own words: lietuvių
- Speakers
- 3 million (estimate)
- Family
- Indo-European – Baltic
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russian Federation
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Lithuania, Poland (regional)
Fun fact
Lithuanian is among the most archaic living Indo-European languages, preserving many features of late Proto-Indo-European, such as rich nominal inflection.