Samogitians
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| Samogitians (Žemaitē) |
|---|
| Total population |
about 0,5 mln in Lithuania |
| Regions with significant populations | Lithuania |
| Language(s) | Samogitian language, Lithuanian language | Religion(s) | Catholics | Related ethnic groups | Latvians, Lithuanians |
Samogitians (Lithuanian: Žemaičiai, Samogitian: Žemaitē) are a Baltic ethnic group inhabiting the region of Samogitia in Lithuania. Many speak the Samogitian dialect of the Lithuanian language.
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[edit] History
Samogitians live in western Lithuania. In 1857, there were 418,824 people with Samogitian ethnicity and 444,921 persons declared Samogitian as their mother tongue in 1897 in Kovno Governorate[1]. Currently Lithuania does not allow for declaration of Samogitian ethnicity in passport.[2]
[edit] Exonyms
Samogitians call themselves Žemaitē, though exonyms are used in different languages.
| Language | Samogitia | Samogitians |
|---|---|---|
| Samogitian | Žemaitėjė | žemaitē |
| Belarusian | Жмудзь | жмудзь |
| German | Schameiten | Schameiten |
| Latvian | Žemaitijā | žemaiši |
| Polish | Żmudź | żmudź |
| Russian | Жмудь | жмудь |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Petrulis, Valdas (2005). "Žemaitijos etninės savimonės regiono erdvinė struktūra". Geografijos metraštis 38: 163-175. ISSN 0132–3156.
- ^ lrytas.lt (2007-06-04). Žemaičio tautybė - vos porai dienų (Lithuanian). Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
[edit] External links
Samogitians edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
lv:Žemaiši lt:Žemaičiai ru:Жемайты bat-smg:Žemaitē
