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"Apart from the various religious and ethnic groups
currently residing in Lithuania, Lithuanians themselves are
usually divided into 5 groups: Samogitians,
Sudovians, Aukštaitians, Dzūkians and Lietuvininks, the
last of which is extinct.
Aukštaitija (Highlands) is the name of one of five
ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The name comes from the fact
that the region is relatively elevated, particularly in its
eastern parts. Aukštaitija is in the northeast part of
Lithuania and also encompasses a small part of Latvia and
Belarus. Largest city and, despite of lack of its political
meaning, considered capital of the region is Panevezys, which has over 100,000
inhabittants. The region is full of lakes, mainly in the eastern
side.
The people mostly speak the Aukštaitian dialect of
Lithuanian. Under the new classification of dialects Lithuanian
is divided into just two dialects, Aukštaitian and
Samogitian with all previous dialects being classified as
subdialects. The Sudovian and Dzukian dialects are also
considered subdialects of Aukštaitian now, therefore the
specific subdialect spoken in Aukštaitija is known as East
Aukštaitian."
Source: <en.wikipedia.org>.
The flag (and coat of arms) of this ethno-cultural region are at
<whatson.delfi.lt>.
Valentin Poposki, 7 March 2007
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