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| | Lithuanian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Lithuanian is one of two living Baltic languages (along with Latvian). | | | Printed books exist from 1547, but the level of literacy among Lithuanians was low through the 18th century and books were not commonly available. | | | Other borrowed words are international words that can be found in many languages like telefonas, ciklas, schema etc. These words come from Latin or Ancient Greek and are not "dangerous" from the point of view of language purists (since those languages do not exist anymore). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language
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| | Saint Casimir's Day: Lithuanian Customs and Traditions |
| | When Lithuanians heard priests speak in church about other saints, it was hard to picture where they had lived, their living conditions and surroundings. | | | Lithuanians believed that St. Casimir understands their prayers and indeed answers them. | | | The saintly prince's special devotion to the Blessed Mother was also very dear to the Lithuanians because Lithuania is Mary's Land, known for its many shrines dedicated to her and sincere veneration. |
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http://www.lithuanian-american.org/educat/tradicijos/casimir.html
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| | The Lithuanian Language and Writing |
| | Jonas Jablonskis (1860-1930), a particularly prolific and active fostered of written Lithuanian, is often referred to as the father of Lithuanian. | | | The catholic Church was a particularly zealous polonizer for very few priests spoke Lithuanian. | | | The 18 th century can be called the age of impoverishment of written Lithuanian and of the decline of Lithuanian book publishing. |
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http://postilla.mch.mii.lt/Kalba/kalbarast.en.htm
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| | The Origin of the Lithuanian Language |
| | I am sure that all Lithuanians will immediately recognize the word as cognate with Lithuanian draugas 'friend, comrade.' Other personal names were found in official documents of Riga in the 14th and 15th centuries. | | | On the basis of Lithuanian and Sanskrit we reconstruct the initial *v-. | | | We assume that the older form has the diphthong *ei because in Sanskrit the Proto-Indo-European diphthong *ei is represented by -e- and the Sanskrit word for 'God' is devás (also written as deváh because in Sanskrit an -s becomes -h in word-final position). |
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http://www.lituanus.org/1982_1/82_1_01.htm
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| | Global Lithuanian Net. Lithuanian History Resources |
| | If charismatic movements of the 20th century and Faith churches are of any interest to you, you are most welcome to visit the Lithuanian Bible Center home-page. | | | The Baltic tribes established themselves on what is presently known as Lithuanian territory during the 7th-2nd centuries BC. | | | Not much is known about Lithuanian flags prior to the 1200's. |
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http://www.lithuanian.net/resource/history.htm
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| | Lithuanian |
| | Look at the text of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Lithuanian. | | | What was the most interesting thing you learned about Lithuanian after reading the text above? | | | Are there any words in it that you can recognize? |
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http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/december/Lithuanian.html
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| | Lithuanian American Community - Philadelphia |
| | at St. Casimir Lithuanian Church a Mass of Thanksgiving was celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Justin Rigalli, the archbishop of Philadelphia. | | | This Sunday, June 27th, after the 10:30 AM Mass at St. Andrew's Church, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Lithuanian American Community will hold a general meeting. | | | All children of the Lithuanian-American Community are invited to attend. |
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http://www.phillylac.org
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| | Welcome |
| | This free site continues to grow as you learn one of the oldest and most conservative languages in the whole Indo-European family. | | | Welcome to the ONLY on-line Lithuanian language lessons. | | | Join the Lithuanian Word of the Day list! |
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http://www.angelfire.com/mo/Lith/language.html
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| | Lithuanian language, alphabet and pronunciation |
| | The last four letters are not considered separate letters of the alphabet. | | | Some words in Lithuanian even resemble words in Sanskrit and Latin. | | | From 1918 to 1940, Lithuanian was independent and over 7,000 books in Lithuanian were published. |
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http://www.omniglot.com/writing/lithuanian.htm
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| | The Lithuanian Word. History. Printing |
| | Printing was done in various languages and in diverse characters, including Hebrew and Arabic. | | | A Protestant press founded by Janusz Radvilas, grand hetman of Lithuania, in 1651 at Kėdainiai brought out a number of Lithuanian religious texts. | | | In Konigsberg Lithuanian language books were printed by Weinreich's press, among them Mazvydas' Protestant catechism, the first known printed Lithuanian book (1547). |
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http://www.spaudos.lt/Spauda/Printing.en.htm
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| | Baltic |
| | Lithuanian is the closest living relative of the Sanskrit language. | | | Common Lithuanian suffixes are diminutive forms such as -aitis, -utis, -ytis (son of), enas, -unas, -inis, -ynis, -onis, unas, -elis,. | | | The Duchy of Courland was formed by the Poles and Lithuanians out of southern Livonia and Lithuania gained control of Latgale to the east of Livonia in the C17th and established the country's Catholic religion there but both these territories later came under German rule. |
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http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/Former-Soviet-Union/Baltic/Lithuania.htm
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| | BBC Education - Languages |
| | The first written Lithuanian dates from the 16th century, and was an anonymous prayer of 1503. | | | The first book printed in Lithuanian is Martynas | | | The modern, 32-letter script is based on Latin with the with the addition of |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/european_languages/languages/lithuanian.shtml
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| | FOLK KNOWLEDGE>Lithuanian Folk Medicine |
| | Lithuanian women were not indifferent to body beauty. | | | Lithuanian ancestors tried to explain what is illness, its causes. | | | Folk medicine is a part of Lithuanian traditional culture. |
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http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/medicine/medicine.html
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| | Changing Perspectives on Change in the Lithuanian Language |
| | It is changing with the times, as is every living language in all times and places. | | | Lithuanian is a particularly apt instrument for researching the morpho-syntactical aspects of language change. | | | The unique difference between these aforementioned languages and Lithuanian, of course, was the fact that in the nineteenth century only Lithuanian remained a living, spoken, vital fountain of information for philological research. |
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http://www.lituanus.org/1986/86_2_04.htm
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| | BBC NEWS World Europe Country profiles Country profile: Lithuania |
| | For the subsequent half century of Soviet rule, Lithuanians relied on Catholic tradition and memories of independence to preserve their national identity, a skill mastered through centuries of foreign domination. | | | Pagan traditions with roots stretching back centuries have been kept alive too. | | | Valdas Adamkus was re-elected Lithuanian president in June 2004, defeating Farmers' and New Democracy Union leader Kazimiera Prunskiene in a run-off. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1106095.stm
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| | Metrika |
| | The following books of the Lithuanian Metrica are under preparation: 1 (15th—16th c.c.), 12 (1522— 1529), 15 (1528—1534), 25 (15th—16th c.c.), 51 (1566—1574), 530 (1566—1572). | | | The content of this Book of the Lithuanian Metrica is almost identical with the Book No The Lithuanian Metrica. | | | The first volume of the Book of Inscriptions 5 was published in 1910 (Russian Historical Library, V. 27) and this is the continuation of the mentioned book. |
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http://neris.mii.lt/heritage/metrika/metrika.htm
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| | History of Zeimelis from Lithuanian Encyclopedia |
| | After some reflection, some of them changed their minds, and returned their belongings to their house. | | | Relations between the Jews and Lithuanians and Latvians were good. | | | Lithuanians borrowed money from him to buy land or houses. |
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http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Zeimelis/ZAnatoli.htm
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| | LITUANUS Index of Articles on Linguistics |
| | A Note on Juozas Blačikonis' Contribution to the Standardization of Lithuanian William R. Schmalstieg | | | Lithuanian in the 21st Century: Linguistic Snippets and Tidbits Antanas Klimas | | | Lithuanian in the 21st Century: Part II Antanas Klimas |
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http://www.lituanus.org/IndexLanguage.htm
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| | CULTURAL HERITAGE |
| | MONASTERIES AND CONVENTS IN LITHUANIA- A multimedia book presenting the most artistic monasteries and convents in Lithuania: the history of the monastic movement and of religious congregations, its impact on culture and art. | | | YEAR OF THE LITHUANIAN BOOK - All about the first Lithuanian Book published in 1547, historical and cultural context, the 450th anniversary. | | | It is one of the winners in the Fourth Lithuanian WWW Championship 1999. |
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http://neris.mii.lt/heritage/cultura.html
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| | Langbridge.com - Lithuanian Translation Services; English to Lithuanian Translators |
| | Langbridge, Inc has been providing America with superb quality, fast turnaround Lithuanian translations since 1998. | | | Langbridge translators translate only into their native languages. | | | Need a text translated from English into Lithuanian or visa versa? |
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http://www.langbridge.com/translation_services/lithuanian_translation.htm
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| | Lithuanian Charms |
| | I can explain it best as my informant did when telling me a personal anecdote. | | | The rue is a plant with lots of meaning in Lithuanian mythology. | | | Hopefully, you will now better understand the tenderness that Lithuanian people hold for this herb. |
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http://www.lithuanian.net/mitai/charms.htm
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| | Lithuania Online: News |
| | Pasaulio Lietuvis - news from World Lithuanian Community | | | Business and Exhibitions, Lithuania in the World, Lithuanian Business Review | | | Reginos Palepe - news, experience and advises for Lithuanians in the USA |
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http://www.on.lt/news.htm
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| | LLRX -- A Guide to the Lithuanian Legal System - Updated |
| | The doctrine of precedent was not acknowledged in Lithuanian law. | | | The texts of laws are only in Lithuanian. | | | "Teises konsultantas" articles are only in Lithuanian; there are no translations into other languages. |
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http://www.llrx.com/features/lithuanian2.htm
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| | Lithuanian Resources |
| | The texts of several of the library's publications are here, such as Lithuanian Books in Print for 1998 and an exhibit of 16th century Lithuanian Books. | | | This is the homepage of the Lithuanian National Library which also serves as the Lithuanian Parliamentary Library. | | | The site also contains a list of Lithuanian organizations around the world and links to many Lithuanian cultural sites. |
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http://www.library.uiuc.edu/spx/resources/lithuania.htm
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| | Lithuanian - LITH |
| | Development of Lithuanian from its Indo-European origins to the formation of the standard language; the aspects of Lithuanian literary language and its lexical, syntactical and stylistic problems. | | | For students who have had no formal work in Lithuanian. | | | Problems of translating Lithuanian texts; workshop in translating Lithuanian works into English. |
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http://www.uic.edu/ucat/courses/LITH.html
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| | Lithuanian on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Old Lithuanian army uniforms, from before the Soviet takeover (1941) are again worn by defenders in the Supreme Court. | | | The importance of Lithuanian in linguistic studies stems from its designation as the most ancient of the living Indo-European languages. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/L/Lithuanian.asp
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| | Antanas Smetona was born in the village of Uzulenis of the present Ukmerge District on August 10, 1874 |
| | At the same time he was one of the main organizers of the Lithuanian Conference in Vilnius (September 18-23), a member of its presidium, and at the conference was elected to the Council of Lithuania (later the State Council), became its chairman. | | | In the autumn of 1896 he organized the resistance of students against the obligatory attendance of the Orthodox church. | | | After completing it, he joined the activities of the secret Lithuanian Student Organization, was its chairman, got concerned with the publishing and dissemination of Lithuanian books. |
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http://www.ktl.mii.lt/prezidentai/Smetona_e.html
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| | The War Chronicles of Lithuania including partisan military operations and resistance. |
| | The Tigers [Tigras] special team of the LLA [Lithuanian Freedom Army] is formed. | | | Partisans liberate 48 wrongfully imprisoned Lithuanians from the guard house. | | | His mission: re-established the organisational structure of the LLA [Lithuanian Freedom Army], later known as the Zhemaitijan Legion. |
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http://www.elnet.lt/vartiklis/voruta/kronika/chronicl.htm
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| | Lithuanian Heritage Magazine |
| | Lithuanian immigration, and places and events associated with it, | | | Famous Lithuanian personalities of the past and present who helped shape Lithuanian, American, and world events, | | | Brave Lithuanian kings, dukes, and warriors who extended Lithuania’s borders from the Baltic to the Black Sea, |
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http://www.lithuanianheritage.com
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| | Pinkas Hakehillot Lita: Krakes |
| | In the beginning of the 1920's, like in other Jewish communities, an elected committee (Vaad Kehila) was chosen to represent and run the Jewish affairs of the community according to the Lithuanian Jewish Autonomy Law. | | | On 2nd September 1941 (10 Elul 5701) all of the Jews were marched to the village Pestinukai located 1.5 kilometers away from Krakes. | | | According to a survey held by the Lithuanian authorities in 1931 there existed in Krakes 20 stores and businesses of which 18 were owned by Jews (90 per cent) which was divided according to sectors as shown in the following table: |
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http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00613.html
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| | Lietuvos Aidas - About Us |
| | The most prominent Lithuanian publicists published their articles in it. | | | It lived together with the whole Lithuanian nation through the disaster of economical blockade, but now it goes on with the best traditions of Lithuanian journalism. | | | At the beginning it was a fortnightly newspaper, later it became daily. |
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http://www.aidas.lt/about.htm
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| | Embassy of the Republic of the Lithuania to the United States of America |
| | Lithuanian ambassador to the US Vygaudas Usackas with his son Raimundas and a group of Lithuanian tourists spend his summer vacation in a Russian province of Kamchiatka, which is famous for its breathtaking and untouched nature and wildlife. | | | Ambassador Usackas Lighted Traditional Lithuanian Christmas Tree in Portland; Participated in World Forestry Center Meeting. | | | Ambassador thanked students, their parents and the teachers for "preserving of |
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http://www.ltembassyus.org
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| | Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore |
| | arrange a multi-volume publication of Lithuanian folk songs which presents overall aspects of the song tradition, systematize and research song texts and melodies. | | | engage in the research on Lithuanian written work and Lithuanian literature from the oldest times to the last decades of the 19th century as well as arranging monographs and collections of articles about more significant contemporary Lithuanian writers. | | | do the analysis of both the history of the 20th-century Lithuanian literature and literary theory and comparativistic research. |
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http://www.llti.lt/en/default_en.htm
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| | Lithuanian Translations by native Lithuanian freelance translators |
| | If you answer ‘Yes’ to any of above questions then you will definitely need native Lithuanian translator’s services. | | | Did you receive a letter from your Lithuanian friends and wish to write an answer in Lithuanian? | | | Have you got a Lithuanian document that you need in your language? |
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http://www.geocities.com/lithuanian_translations
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| | Global Resources for Lithuania. The Ultimate Lithuanian Web-Site. |
| | This web-site will continue to exist but will concentrate on history, language, and culture of Lithuania. | | | Subscribe to our free Lithuanian Word-Of-The-Day list and receive a simple word, greeting, or phrase delivered to your mailbox every day with its pronunciation. | | | We are proud to present our first on-line publication in Lithuanian, "GROÞIO SVAJONES by Pranas Pakalniðkis (1908 - 1965). |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ut/Luthuanian
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| | Welcome to the Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society |
| | ote from the President: After a few years of absence from the web, LGGS is proud to announce the return of the Lithuanian E-Zine known as "LABAS", edited by Bernard Tirva (also a NEW board member!). | | | Bernard had produced this e-zine for many years and now has a new and permanent home. | | | Our site also features information on Lithuanian societies, organizations and articles regarding Lithuanians in history (at home and abroad). |
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http://www.lithuaniangenealogy.org
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| | Lithuanian Organizations |
| | Lithuanian Folk Culture Centre and Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society | | | To view the Lithuanian organizations in a particular country, simply click on the appropriate link below. | | | If your organization is not listed or you need to update information for an organization, please click HERE to fill out our form. |
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http://www.lithuaniangenealogy.org/organizations
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| | Lithuanian Railways |
| | The total network is 2001 km, 1811 km of which is of 1520 mm gauge, 21.8 km are European Standard, 1435 km of double track and 122 km electrified lines. | | | Lithuanian Railways became a member of OSJD on 1 June 1992 and a member of the UIC on 9 June 1992. | | | On the 1st of January, 1992 Lithuanian Railways was reorganized as a state enterprise. |
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http://www.randburg.com/li/lithrailways.html
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| | Lithuanian Soccer |
| | Nepriklausomybes Taure: 1991 1992 1993 1994 Nese Cup: 1995 1996 1997 | | | 09.05.2005 Lithuanian Squad for Baltic Cup game against Latvia, 21.05.2005 | | | 29.01.2005 Lithuanian Squad for Friendly game against Georgia |
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http://www2.omnitel.net/almis
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| | Yamada Language Center: Lithuanian WWW Guide |
| | This page is maintained by the Yamada Language Center at the University of Oregon. | | | Samogitia - Language - includes a map of dialects and an article entitled: "Samogitians: The Development of Inflexional Endings and the Chronology of the Divergence of Dialects (a summary)" by Aleksas Stanislovas Girdenis. | | | Lithuanian Homepage - lots of links to information about Lithuania. |
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http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/lithuanian.html
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| | The Zemaitis Homepage |
| | This website concerns the derivation of Lithuanian surname only. | | | These sources are found in the Bibliography section of my website. | | | If anyone wants to dispute my findings, I would be happy to discuss them anytime. |
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http://www.geocities.com/cjzemaitis@sbcglobal.net/zemaitis.htm
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| | Lithuanian |
| | Modern Standard Lithuanian (based on the West High Lithuanian dialect) developed fully just before the first period of Lithuanian political independence (1918-1940), when it became the country's official language. | | | It appears in two main dialect groups, Low Lithuanian and High Lithuanian. |
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http://www.flw.com/languages/lithuanian.htm
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| | Global Lithuanian Net. Lithuania |
| | Lithuanian Global Network wants to link as many resources as possible on themes related to Lithuania. | | | We invite you to participate in this worthwhile venture. |
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http://www.lithuanian.net
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| | Lithuania Online: Music |
| | Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival, World Lithuanian Song Festival in Chicago, 2006-07-02 | | | Music Information and Publishing Centre of the Lithuanian Composers' Union | | | Lithuanian Melodies - Detroit live radio Tuesdays at 4-5pm and Saturdays at 8-9am |
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http://www.online.lt/music.htm
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| | Behind the Name: Lithuanian Names |
| | Means "chasing the people" or "driving the people" in Lithuanian... | | | English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology | | | Russian, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian |
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http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/lth.php
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| | Language Browser: Lithuanian |
| | This page contains a list of interesting reports based around the 78 titles in the IMDb with Lithuanian dialogue. | | | The form below allows you to search the database for titles with Lithuanian dialogue only. | | | The A-Z index enables you to browse the titles alphabetically. |
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http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Languages/Lithuanian
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| | Advantage Lithuania - Lithuanian Development Agency |
| | Lithuanian producers are the most profitable among the Baltic States as well as exceed the average profitability of the producers of Central Europe, as the recent analysis by KPMG, a global business consultant providing audit, tax and advisory services, has showed. | | | Lithuania has been selected as the most promising country for the prospective expansion of IBM after the analysis of the development perspectives of IBM branches in the region of Eastern Europe was carried out. | | | Lithuania's top politicians and CEOs of some of the country's major companies participated in the "European Business Summit 2002", where they presented Lithuania - a democratic country with full-fledged market economy offering excellent investment and trade possibilities and participated in the discussions on business and sustainable development in the enlarged Europe. |
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http://www.lda.lt
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