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Artūras Šilalė
Artūras is a Lithuanian language, Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language name Arthur. Notable people with the name include: *Artūras Barysas (1954–2005), Lithuanian "counter-culture" actor, singer, photographer, and filmmaker *Artūras Jomantas (born 1985), Lithuanian basketball player *Artūras Karnišovas (born 1971), retired Lithuanian professional basketball player *Artūras Kasputis (born 1967), retired track and road cyclist from Lithuania *Artūras Paulauskas (born 1953), Lithuanian politician *Artūras Rimkevičius (born 1983), Lithuanian footballer *Artūras Skučas (born 1961), writer and military man of Lithuania *Arturas Veta, Soviet sprint canoeist *Artūras Zuokas (born 1968), Lithuanian journalist, businessman, leader of the Liberal and Centre Union political party {{DEFAULTSORT:Arturas Lithuanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 200,000 speakers elsewhere. Lithuanian is closely related to the neighbouring Latvian language. It is written in a Latin script. It is said to be the most conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is conservative in some aspects of its grammar and phonology, retaining archaic features otherwise found only in ancient languages such as Sanskrit (particularly its early form, Vedic Sanskrit) or Ancient Greek. For this reason, it is an important source for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
