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name: locale-lt-lt
description: Use when working with the Lithuanian (Lithuania) locale (`lt-LT`) — its endonym Lietuvių (Lietuva), Latin script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
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# Locale: Lithuanian (Lithuania) (lt-LT)

Reference data for the **Lithuanian (Lithuania)** locale — endonym **Lietuvių (Lietuva)**, written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

## Identifiers

- **BCP 47 tag:** `lt-LT`
- **ISO 639-1:** `lt`
- **ISO 639-3:** `lit`
- **Script:** Latn (Latin)
- **Region:** LT (Lithuania)
- **Text direction:** ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

## Speakers (approximate)

- **L1 (native):** 4,000,000
- **L2 (additional):** 500,000
- **L1+L2 (total):** 4,500,000

## Base locale

This is a regional variant of [[locale-lt-001]] (Lithuanian), the base/macro locale for this language.

## Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: **one**, **few**, **many**, **other** (4 forms).

- **one** — `n % 10 = 1 and n % 100 != 11..19` (e.g. 1, 21, 31, 41, …)
- **few** — `n % 10 = 2..9 and n % 100 != 11..19` (e.g. 2~9, 22~29, 102, 1002, …)
- **many** — `f != 0`
- **other** — everything else (e.g. 0, 10~20, 30, 40, …)

See [[unicode-messageformat]] for writing plural messages using these categories.

## Translating into this locale

Apply [[locale-lt-001]] with the conventions of Lithuania.

- **Law:** Lithuanian is the sole official language and the language law requires Lithuanian in public bodies and consumer information.
- **Formats:** euro; dates `2026-10-17` (ISO is common) or `2026 m. spalio 17 d.`; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.
- **Names:** Lithuanian rules govern the spelling of personal names and place names; keep the Lithuanian forms.

## Common pitfalls

- Using Russian or Polish forms of place names.
- Dropping diacritics from names.
- The general pitfalls in [[locale-lt-001]] also apply.

## Learn more

- [[locale]] for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- [[unicode-messageformat]] for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- EU Interinstitutional Style Guide (https://style-guide.europa.eu), language-specific conventions