Aukshtaite

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Aukschtai - Aukštaičių tarmė

Spoken in

Lithuania
speaker approx. 2,500,000
Linguistic
classification
Language codes
ISO 639 -1

according to

ISO 639 -2

lit / bat

ISO 639-3

lit

The Aukschtaites and Lithuanians in the context of the other Baltic tribes , around 1200

Aukschtaitisch (also: Upper Lithuanian , Lithuanian : aukštaičių tarmė ) is a dialect of the Lithuanian language that is mainly spoken in Upper Lithuania , the eastern and central part of Lithuania . Aukštaitic has three groups: western, eastern and southern dialects. Western African is divided into a north and a south group and forms the basis of the standard Lithuanian language.

Sub-dialects

West Kuchhtai

West Akshtaite ( lit-wau ) is divided into North-West Aksaite and South-West Aksaite and includes the following dialects:

Ostaukschtaitisch

Ostaukschtaitisch ( lit-eas ) is spoken in the east of Upper Lithuania :

South Akshtai

South Akshtai or Dzuk ( lit-sau ), Dzūkija region(Dainava). This subdialect differs in many places in southern Lithuania, e.g. B. in the Druskininkai community or in the Lazdijai Rajongemeinde .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Aukštaitian ( MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships )
  2. Subdialects ( LMU University )
  3. Aukštaite dialect (Upper Lithuanian)