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Another interesting part of the language are the names of the months. They aren’t derived from Latin; each has a cultural significance for that time of year. h
by fyfy18 9y ago
Another interesting part of the language are the names of the months. They aren’t derived from Latin; each has a cultural significance for that time of year.
https://letyourlanguagespeak.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/twelve-months-of-ther-year-in-lithuanian/ https://letyourlanguagespeak.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/twelve...
- BerislavLopac 9y agoThat is not limited to Lithuanian, Croatian has "native" month names too, with "Latin" ones used in dialects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_months https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_months
- LfLxfxxLxfxx 9y agosee also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_calendar Baltic and Slavic languages are related.
- emergie 9y agoI like how listopad/lystopad/listapad and gruden/grudien/grudzien/hruden' are mixed up october/november/december - all depending on the tribe.