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ISO 639-3 · sgssgs
Indo-European family
Samogitian
Žemaitiu ruoda
Samogitian is a language of the East Baltic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Lithuania. Wikidata counts about 500,000 speakers (2009). Wikidata describes it as “Eastern Baltic variety spoken mostly in Samogitia, in the western part of Lithuania”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sgs- Glottocode
samo1265- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- 56.00, 22.25
- Wikipedia
- 63 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Samogitian · Žemaitiu ruoda |
|---|---|
| Also called | bat-smg, sgs, Samogitian dialect |
| All speakers | 500,000 (2009) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Samogitian
The branches above Samogitian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Lithuania
belBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredrmlBaltic RomaniIndo-European · 50,0005 · DevelopingkdrKaraimTurkic · 808a · MoribundprgOld PrussianIndo-European · 509 · DormantchuChurch SlavonicIndo-European6b · ThreatenedxsvSudovianIndo-EuropeanllsLithuanian Sign Languageunclassified5 · Developing