Langenesis

Indo-European family

Lithuanian

c. 700 CE – today Living

Lithuanian (c. 700 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Baltic → Proto-East-Baltic → Lithuanian.

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Speakers
3M (3,000,000)
ISO 639-3
lit
Glottocode
lith1251

Among the most conservative living Indo-European languages. First printed book 1547.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Balticc. 1,500 BCE – 0 CE
  3. Proto-East-Balticc. 0 CE – 700 CE
  4. Lithuanianc. 700 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-East-Baltic.

Sources