Does Duolingo Have Lithuanian? What to Use Instead

Does Duolingo offer anything close to Lithuanian?

No. Lithuanian is one of two surviving Baltic languages, and Duolingo teaches neither of them: there's no Latvian course either. The nearest courses on Duolingo geographically are Polish and Russian, but those are Slavic languages. Baltic and Slavic languages are related, yet knowing Polish won't let you understand Lithuanian. Babbel and Busuu don't offer Lithuanian (checked November 2026).

How to learn Lithuanian with Qlango

Qlango teaches Lithuanian from A1 to B2, the four CEFR levels from beginner to upper intermediate. At A1 and A2 you introduce yourself, describe your daily life in simple sentences and manage everyday exchanges. At B2 you can hold a real conversation on familiar topics and follow the main points of articles and longer talk.

Each lesson is a set of short Lithuanian example sentences, shown with the translation in the language you learn from. You answer them in several ways, such as flashcards, choosing one of two answers, matching pairs, unscrambling words, writing what you hear and typing the translation yourself, with ą, ė and ū included. An AI voice reads every example aloud, and you can slow it down. In Lithuanian that matters more than usual, because stress isn't written, so hearing each word is how you learn where it falls. A finished lesson returns after one, two, four and eight days and then once more, and examples you needed a hint for come back in harder questions later.

You choose the language you learn from, whether that's English or your own native language.

An old language with moving stress

Linguists like Lithuanian because it changed slowly and kept features of early Indo-European that most of its relatives lost. For a learner, that has two sides. The pleasant one is that a few basic words are recognisable from English:

The harder side is the endings. Nouns have seven cases: Vilnius becomes Vilniuje when you're in Vilnius and iš Vilniaus when you come from there. Stress can land on any syllable and move between forms of the same word, and long stressed syllables carry a rising or falling pitch. None of that is marked in ordinary writing, so learn each word by ear, with its stress, from the start. The patterns show themselves over time.

There are no articles, though, and verbs fall into three main conjugation groups that behave fairly predictably.

Your first Lithuanian words

To English ears, ačiū sounds a lot like a sneeze. Lithuanians have heard that joke before. Our full guide to learning Lithuanian covers the 32-letter alphabet, the cases and a four-week starter plan.

FAQ

Is Lithuanian on Duolingo?

No. As of November 2026, Duolingo has no Lithuanian course from English or from any other language, and no Latvian course either.

What is the best app to learn Lithuanian?

It depends on what you're after. If you want a course organised by CEFR level, with audio for every example and a fixed review schedule, Qlango teaches Lithuanian from A1 to B2. Duolingo, Babbel and Busuu don't offer Lithuanian (checked November 2026).

Is there a free app to learn Lithuanian?

Qlango is free to download on iPhone and Android, and you can start your first Lithuanian lesson without creating an account. You can also use it in your browser.

Will Duolingo add Lithuanian?

We can't say. Duolingo adds and removes courses over time, so check its catalogue if you're reading this much later.

Lithuanian is one of many gaps. See every language Duolingo doesn't teach, or compare Qlango and Duolingo side by side. Your first Lithuanian lesson takes about five minutes.