Lithuania
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Lithuania (LT)
ECRML
Signed
(UNSIGNED)
Ratified
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In Force
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FCNM
Signed
1995
Ratified
2000
In Force
2000
Country Description
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Official Language(s)
To increase their visibility, recognised Sign Languages are always listed as official languages even if they are not yet technically official. The data on legal recognition was aggregated from legal documents and official sources. Wherever possible, the national number was taken from a national census or recent study/official estimate – sources are listed. The endangerment level is adopted from Ethnologue/Glottolog and further estimates of endangerment can be found on the individual language profile (e.g. by clicking on ‘Italian’).
| Language | Endonym | Geographic Area | Source | Legal Recognition | Legal Document | Source | National Number | Bases for Calculation | Estimation Date | Source | Endangerment Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lithuanian Baltic |
Lietuvių kalba | Whole country | 1995 | Law on the State Language of the Republic of Lithuania (Official Gazette, 1995, No. 15-344) / Lietuvos Respublikos valstybinės kalbos įstatymas | / | 2 693 596 | Language known | 2022 | / / | 1 (National) | |
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Lithuanian Sign Language (LGK) Sign Language |
Lietuvių gestų kalba | Whole country | 1995 | On the recognition of Deaf Sign Language as a mother tongue / Dėl kurčiųjų gestų kalbos pripažinimo gimtąja kalba | / | Approx. 7 000 (not a census) | Language used | 2025 | 5 (Developing) |
ECRML-Recognised Languages
This includes languages recognised under the European Charter of Regional and Minority Languages (ECRML). The data on legal recognition was aggregated from legal documents and official sources. Wherever possible, the national number was taken from a national census or recent study/official estimate – sources are listed. The endangerment level is adopted from Ethnologue/Glottolog and further estimates of endangerment can be found on the individual language profile (e.g. by clicking on ‘Czech’).
| Language | Endonym | Geographic Area | Source | Legal Recognition | Legal Document | Source | National Number | Bases for Calculation | Estimation Date | Source | Endangerment Level | ECRML level |
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Non-ECRML Languages
This includes languages listed with an 'established status' in Ethnologue, the Endangered Languages Project or the UNESCO World Atlas (once it is available again). The data on legal recognition, national number, and endangerment level was taken over from the original source, reflecting these sources’ current state and gaps of knowledge.
| Language | Endonym | Geographic Area | Source | Legal Recognition | Legal Document | Source | National Number | Bases for Calculation | Estimation Date | Source | Endangerment Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Balkan Romani Indo-Aryan |
Balkaniko Romanes | / | / | / | / | 709 570 (total) | Speakers | 2026 (Website accessed) | At risk | ||
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Baltic Romani Indo-Aryan |
Romani | Siauliu, Utenos, and Vilniaus counties | / | / | / | 2 250 | Users | 2019 | 5* (Developing) | ||
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Belarusian Slavic |
Biełaruskaja mova | Vilniaus county: primarily Vilnius city; possibly scattered in Alytaus, Panevezio, and Utenos counties | / | / | / | 6 710 | Users | 2019 | 5* (Developing | ||
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Carpathian Romani Indo-Aryan |
Central Romani | / | / | / | / | 472 470 (total) | Speakers | 2026 (Website accessed) | At risk | ||
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Crimean Tatar Turkic |
Qırımtatar tili | / | / | / | / | < 100 000 (total) | Speakers | 2026 (Website accessed) | Vulnerable | ||
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Eastern Yiddish Germanic |
Yidish | Kauno, Klaipedos, Siauliu, and Vilniaus counties | / | / | / | A few hundred speakers | Users | 2019 | 8a (Moribund) | ||
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English Germanic |
English | / | / | / | / | 1 000 290 | Users | 2014 | 4 (Educational) | ||
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French Romance |
Français | / | / | / | / | 62 500 | Users | 2022 | 5* (Dispersed) | ||
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German Germanic |
Deutsch | / | / | / | / | 376 290 | Users | 2019 | 5* (Dispersed) | ||
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Karaim Turkic |
Karaj tili | Vilniaus county: Trakai district municipality; scattered in a few other places | / | / | / | 75 | Users | 2019 | 8a (Moribund) | ||
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Polish Slavic |
Polski | Alytaus, Kauno, Marijampoles, and Vilniaus counties | / | / | / | 598 000 | Users | 2019 | 5* (Dispersed) | ||
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Russian Slavic |
Russkiy | Kauno county: Jonava municipality; Klaipedos county: Klaipeda municipality; Utenos county: Ingalina, Visaginas, and Zarasai municipalities; Vilniaus county: Elektrenai, Švenčionys, Trakai, Vilnius, and Vilnius municipalities, Naujamiestis and Senamiestis neighborhoods | / | / | / | 2 511 000 | Users | 2019 | 3 (Wider communication) | ||
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Samogitian Baltic |
Žemaitiu kalba | Taurages, Telsiu and Klaipedos counties | / | / | / | 500 000 | Users | 2009 | 5* (Developing) | ||
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Sinte Romani Indo-Aryan |
Romanes | / | / | / | / | 318 920 (total) | Speakers | 2026 (Website accessed) | At risk | ||
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Sudovian Baltic |
Yotvingian | Alytaus county | / | / | / | No known L1 speakers | / | / | 10 (Extinct) | ||
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Ukrainian Slavic |
Ukrainska mova | Klaipedos county: Klaipeda city municipality; Utenos county: Visaginas municipality; Vilniaus county: Elektrenai, Šalčininkai, Švenčionys, and Vilnius city municipalities | / | / | / | 76 200 | Users | 2023 | 5* (Dispersed) | ||
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Vlax Romani Indo-Aryan |
Romani shib | / | / | / | / | 885 970 (total) | Speakers | 2026 (Website accessed) | At risk | ||
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Zemgalian Baltic |
Zemgalian | Panevezio and Siauliu counties | / | / | / | No known L1 speakers | / | / | 10 (Extinct) |
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