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Armenian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
Lithuania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
Poland   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38   
20
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
32   
22
20   
10

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
Labas rytas   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
Prašom   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
atsiprašau   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
Ate   

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
arménien   
lituanien   

German Name
Armenisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Lithuanian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
lit   

ISO 639 3
hye   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Armenian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Lithuanian language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Armenian and Lithuanian Language History.

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Armenian and Lithuanian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Armenian and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Lithuanian language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Armenian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Armenian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Lithuanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Armenian and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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