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Albanian and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Lithuania   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Poland   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
29   
19
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Labas rytas   

Please
Ju lutem   
Prašom   

Sorry
Me fal   
atsiprašau   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Ate   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
albanais   
lituanien   

German Name
Albanisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Lithuanian   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
lit   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Albanian and Lithuanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Lithuanian Speaking population

Albanian and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Lithuanian on Albanian vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Lithuanian Language Codes

Albanian and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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