litTechnical information about ISO 639 language code lit
The table below provides technical details for the Lithuanian language, designated by the lit code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Lithuanian Native Lietuvių kalba |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Aukštaitian (Highland Lithuanian)Samogitian (Žemaitian, Lowland Lithuanian) |
| Related languages | LatvianLatgalian |
| Key facts | Considered one of the most conservative living Indo-European languages, preserving many Proto-Indo-European featuresRetains seven grammatical noun cases and rich verb inflectionEmploys a 32-letter Latin alphabet with unique diacritics such as ą, ę, ė, į, ų and ūHas a free, phonemic stress with a two-tone pitch accent systemThe first printed Lithuanian book was the Catechism by Martynas Mažvydas in 1547 |
| Sample phrase | Labas, kaip sekasi? |
| Character encodings | ISO 8859-4, ISO 8859-13, Windows 1257, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Lithuanian language, identified by the code lit, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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