Samogitian (Samogitian: žemaitiu kalba or sometimes žemaitiu rokunda or žemaitiu ruoda; Lithuanian: žemaičių tarmė) is an Eastern Baltic variety spoken mostly in Samogitia (in the western part of Lithuania). It is sometimes treated as a dialect of Lithuanian, but is considered a separate language by some linguists outside Lithuania. Its recognition as a distinct language is increasing in recent years, and attempts have been made to standardize it.