LITHUANIAN

lĭthˌooāˈnēən, a language belonging to the Baltic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Baltic languages). The official language of Lithuania since 1918, Lithuanian is spoken by approximately 3 million people there and by an additional half-million elsewhere in the world, chiefly in the Western Hemisphere. The importance of Lithuanian in linguistic studies stems from its designation as the most ancient of the living Indo-European languages. It is also the language closest to Proto–Indo-European, the ancestral tongue from which all the Indo-European languages evolved. Currently, Lithuanian uses a modified Roman alphabet for writing.

See L. Dambriunas et al., Introduction to Modern Lithuanian (1980).

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books on: Lithuanian  - 3322 results

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The Vanished World of Lithuanian Jews
Book by Alvydas Nikzentaitis, Stefan Schreiner, Darius Staliunas; Rodopi, 2004
Subjects: Jews--Lithuania--Civilization--Congresses, Jews--Lithuania--History--Congresses, Jews--Lithuania--Social Conditions--Congresses
...like many Lithuanians, he would...but utilise Lithuanian when addressing...irritate Lithuanians. Jews were...understand Lithuanian feelings...Jews and Lithuanians to adopt...towards a pro- Lithuanian political...
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Fighting Back: Lithuanian Jewry's Armed Resistance to the Nazis, 1941-1945
Book by Dov Levin; Holmes & Meier, 1985
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania, Jewish Soldiers--Lithuania, Jews--Lithuania--History--20th Century, Lithuania--Ethnic Relations, World War, 1939-1945--Jewish Resistance--Lithuania
...continuity of the autonomous Lithuanian Soviet Republic. On the...active, instigating the Lithuanians social, political, and...preserve the framework of Lithuanian security on a governmental...Committee decided to establish a Lithuanian infantry riflemens division...
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The Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in European Context C. 1500-1795
Book by Richard Butterwick; Palgrave, 2001
Subjects: Monarchy--Poland, Poland--Politics And Government, Poland--Politics And Government--1763-1796
...conflict was looming between the Polish kings of Lithuanian origin and the Lithuanian grand dukes, and the political elite. The...patrimonial state, Vilnius Wilno, Vilna . The Lithuanian court life of the sovereign was slowly dying...
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Baltic Postcolonialism
Book by Violeta Kelertas; Rodopi, 2006
Subjects: Baltic Literature--History And Criticism, Baltic States--Literatures--History And Criticism, Decolonization In Literature, Estonian Literature--History And Criticism, Latvian Literature--History And Criticism, Lithuanian Literature--History And Criticism, Nationalism And Literature--Baltic States--History And Criticism, Postcolonialism In Literature, Postcolonialism--Baltic States
...limits the warmth of the Lithuanian character to two aspects...constructed idealized myth of the Lithuanian national character is in favor to Lithuanians; it is limited to only...and by implication, the Lithuanian character loses its human...
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Vasily Sesemann: Experience, Formalism, and the Question of Being
Book by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein; Rodopi, 2006
Subjects: Experience, Philosophy, Lithuanian--20th Century, Sezemanas, Vosylius--1884-1963
...cations in Russian or German but only in Lithuanian (Sesemann was arrested in 1950...is probably related to his 304-page Lithuanian Logika published in 1929 in Vilnius...period for texts accessible to non- Lithuanian readers, has been between 1911 and...
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journal articles on: Lithuanian  - 683 results

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The Formulation of an American Response to Lithuanian Independence, 1990
Journal article by Nikolas K. Gvosdev; East European Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1995
Subjects: Intervention (International law)--Analysis, Lithuania--History, Lithuanian foreign relations--United States, Military intervention--Analysis, United States, United States foreign relations--Lithuania
...the Soviets and Lithuanians.(48) At a...unwillingness to press the Lithuanian issue by pointing...order to bring the Lithuanians to heel, President...telegram to the Lithuanian government, warning that if the Lithuanians refused to disavow...
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Tipi Narodnyh Skazanij. the Types of Folk Legends. the Structural-Semantic Classification of Lithuanian Aetiological, Mythological and Historical Legends
Journal article by Heda Jason; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 61, 2002
Subjects: Tipi Narodnyh Skazanij: The Types of Folk Legends. The Structural-Semantic Classification of Lithuanian Aetiological, Mythological and Historical Legends (Book)
...Structural-Semantic Classification of Lithuanian Aetiological, Mythological and Historical...Structural-Semantic Classification of Lithuanian Aetiological, Mythological and Historical...an index for the whole repertoire of Lithuanian prose folk literature. The first two...
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The Lithuanian National Intelligentsia and the Women's Issue, 1883-1914
Journal article by Tomas Balkelis; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 46, 2004
Subjects: European history, Gender differences, Intellectuals, Lithuania, Nationalism, Politics, Women
...destroy the Lithuanian spirit in...educated Lithuanians and the nucleus...labelled those Lithuanians with education...married non-Lithuanian women "renegades...child with a Lithuanian language...of ethnic Lithuanians in the face...
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Two Lithuanian Immigrants' Blasphemy Trials during the Red Scare
Journal article by William Wolkovich-Valkavicius; Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Vol. 26, 1998
...Poles included some 500 Lithuanians, mostly Roman Catholic...to Lodge #13 of the Lithuanian Socialists Alliance...lawman who understood Lithuanian. Immediately after...Mockus, notorious among Lithuanians for his attacks on...action that pitted a Lithuanian immigrant against Yankee...
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The End of the Lithuanian Political "patriarch's" Era: from Rise to Decline and Legacies Left behind
Journal article by Ausra Park; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 18, 2010
Subjects: Political leadership, Politics, Prime ministers
The End of the Lithuanian Political "patriarchs...regime along with the Lithuanian people. What was not...together with ordinary Lithuanians. Nevertheless, the...consciousness among Lithuanians, and the continuous...As a result, the Lithuanian Democratic Labor party...
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magazine articles on: Lithuanian  - 367 results

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The Lions of Lithuanian Theatre: The Archetype of the Auteur Director Continues to Reign in Post-Soviet Lithuania
Magazine article by Kestutis Nakas; American Theatre, Vol. 24, May-June 2007
Subjects: Artistic directors--Interviews, Vaitkus, Jonas--Interviews
The Lions of Lithuanian Theatre: The Archetype of the Auteur...Drama Theatre (1977-88) and the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (1989-95...four major producing theatres (three Lithuanian and one Russian), two childrens...
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Juozas Naujalis Patriarch of Lithuanian Sacred Music
Magazine article by Vance D. Wolverton; The American Organist, Vol. 41, March 2007
...Naujalis also started the first Lithuanian bookstore and began publishing...section of the Society of Lithuanian Artists. Following the Insurrection...Polish influence upon the Lithuanians and determined that the only...problems was to "russify" the Lithuanian people. An important tool...
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Lithuanians Visit Reserves
Magazine article by Amanda Griffin, Burt Masters; Soldiers, Vol. 53, October 1998
Subjects: Armed forces, Army-US, Lithuania, Military officers, Military reserves, United States
Lithuanians Visit Reserves by Amanda...SCHWETZINGEN, Germany -- Three Lithuanian army officers recently...1990, until last year the Lithuanian army had only three enlisted...Stotna, commander of the Lithuanian NCO academy, his nation...
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The Battle of Tannenberg: July 15th, 1410
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 60, July 2010
Subjects: Battle of Tannenberg, 1410, Lithuanian foreign relations--Military aspects, Polish foreign relations--Military aspects
...from the Poles and Lithuanians. The Poles were...1410 a Polish-Lithuanian army invaded Prussia...the Poles and Lithuanians by their king and...The Polish-Lithuanian army lined up with...to the Poles and Lithuanians. To make peace...The Polish-Lithuanian victory marked...
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Dance and Music Share the Spotlight
Magazine article by Margaret Willis; Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, July 2002
Subjects: Choreographers--Production and direction, Conductors (Music)--Performances, Dance production--Analysis, Lithuanian National Ballet--Performances, Rostropovich, Mstislav--Performances, Vasiliev, Vladimir--Production and direction
...maestro, with Vasilievs ingenious choreography, danced by the Lithuanian National Ballet. In this version, Vasiliev sees the musicians...1990, and for ten years it has been in the repertoire of the Lithuanian company, where, according to director Tatjana Sedunova...
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Football: MIKOLUNACY; Lithuanian Chief Brands Scots Disrespectful but Refuses to Apologise for Jambo Dud's Dive
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 11, 2007
Football: MIKOLUNACY; Lithuanian Chief Brands Scots Disrespectful...Byline: By Alan Marshall BIGMOUTH Lithuanian FA chief Liutauras Varanavicius...minority of Scotland fans booed the Lithuanian national anthem before the Euro...
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Real Taste of Lithuania Comes to Birmingham; Their Numbers in Birmingham May Not Be Large, but the City's Lithuanian Community Is Growing as the Opening of a New Venture Yesterday Highlighted
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 12, 2007
...largest dedicated Lithuanian shop. Lituanica...chocolate, to Lithuanians (and interested...the reaction of Lithuanians as they came into...chairwoman of the Lithuanian Association in...people interested in Lithuanian food and culture...and thousands of Lithuanians moved to the UK...
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Scots Refs Accused of Hounding Lithuanians
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 2, 2009
...Refs Accused of Hounding Lithuanians. Byline: STEPHEN McGOWAN...claiming they were singling out Lithuanian stars for punishment. Liutauras...director and head of the Lithuanian FA, spoke out as Tynecastle...Adamant that the clubs Lithuanian contingent are being targeted...
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HIBS WON MY HEART; Lithuanian Val Sure He's Edin Right Way
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 15, 2010
HIBS WON MY HEART; Lithuanian Val Sure Hes Edin Right Way. Byline...Trakys last night admitted being a Lithuanian in Leith will ensure the pressures...some extra pressure on me being a Lithuanian playing for Hibs but I can handle...
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He's a Lone Lithuanian in Leith
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 15, 2010
Hes a Lone Lithuanian in Leith. Byline: GEORGE GRANT VALDAS...title pioneer to his CV, as the first Lithuanian to buck a recent trend by signing for...does not trouble me. I have even had Lithuanian journalists calling to ask about Romanov...
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encyclopedia articles on: Lithuanian  - 39 results

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Lithuanian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LITHUANIAN lith ooa ne n, a language belonging...official language of Lithuania since 1918, Lithuanian is spoken by approximately 3 million...Western Hemisphere. The importance of Lithuanian in linguistic studies stems from its...
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Lithuania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the population is Lithuanian; there are Polish...Lutheran minorities. The Lithuanians speak a Baltic language...refused to recognize Lithuanian independence, and...somewhat, and ethnic Lithuanians became prominent in...Mar., 1990, the Lithuanian parliament declared...
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Vilnius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...founded in 1323 when the Lithuanian prince Gediminas made it...1415) the metropolis of the Lithuanian Orthodox Eastern Church...Lithuania and Poland, and its Lithuanian-Belarusian culture was...assigned the city to the Lithuanians, to whom the Russians gave...
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Kaunas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Over 85% of the population is Lithuanian. Probably founded as a fortress...was a medieval trading center and a Lithuanian stronghold against the Teutonic Knights. It passed to a united Lithuanian Polish state in 1569 and to Russia...
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Poland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Turks, the closely allied Polish and Lithuanian states maintained an empire that reached...reigned 1548 72) a unified Polish-Lithuanian state was created by the Union of Lublin...Ukrainians, Belarusians, Jews, and Lithuanians, and these minorities were generally...
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