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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.

https://letyourlanguagespeak.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/twelve...



That is not limited to Lithuanian, Croatian has "native" month names too, with "Latin" ones used in dialects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_months


see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_calendar

Baltic and Slavic languages are related.


I like how listopad/lystopad/listapad and gruden/grudien/grudzien/hruden' are mixed up october/november/december - all depending on the tribe.




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