Samogitians

Samogitians

ethnic group
group=Samogitians (Žemaitē)


poptime=about 0,5 mln in Lithuania
popplace=Lithuania
rels=Catholics
langs=Samogitian language, Lithuanian language
related=Latvians, Lithuanians, Latgalians

Samogitians ( _lt. Žemaičiai, Samogitian: "Žemaitē") are a Baltic ethnic group inhabiting the region of Samogitia in Lithuania. Many speak the Samogitian dialect of the Lithuanian language.

History

Samogitians live in western Lithuania. In 1413, they became the last Europeans to convert to Christianity. 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 [cite journal
last=Petrulis
first=Valdas
year=2005
url=http://www.geo.lt/metrastis/38-1/PDF/163-175.pdf
title=Žemaitijos etninės savimonės regiono erdvinė struktūra
journal=Geografijos metraštis
volume=38
pages=163–175
issn=0132–3156] . Currently Lithuania does not allow for declaration of Samogitian nationality in passports. [cite web
url = http://www.lrytas.lt/?data=20070604&id=11809569051179205596&view=4
title = Žemaičio tautybė - vos porai dienų
accessdate = 2007-11-23
author = lrytas.lt
date = 2007-06-04
language = Lithuanian]

Exonyms

Samogitians call themselves "Žemaitē", though exonyms are used in different languages.

Notes

External links

* [http://samogitia.mch.mii.lt/ISTORIJA/samogit.en.htm Short history of Samogitia]
* [http://www.istorija.lt/le/pakalniskis2001en.html Samogitian self identification during centuries]


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