Lovely article about what it is like to learn the Baltic languages!
Lithuanian and Latvian are beautiful, challenging and extraordinarily interesting. Personally, I find vocabulary the most challenging aspect of these languages, with Latvian being slightly more accessible in this regard.
Andreas
Grateful to @snorreks.bsky.social and @sankuperis.bsky.social among others for sharing their thoughts on the very impressive and intimidating feat of learning both Lithuanian and Latvian
Will Mawhood
Lithuanian and Latvian are the two main surviving members of the unusual Baltic family, but have had quite different influences in recent centuries – people who have learnt both languages (whether native Balts or foreigners) reflect on their similarities and contrasts
deepbaltic.com/2026/06/08/h...
Latvian and Lithuanian are the two major surviving languages from the highly idiosyncratic Baltic family – a third member, Old Prussian, fell out of use in the 18th century. Some consider variants lik...
