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Basque vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Labas rytas  

Please
Mesedez  
Prašom  

Sorry
Barkatu  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Agur  
Ate  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
France  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Not available  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
basque  
lituanien  

German Name
Baskisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
lit  

ISO 639 3
eus  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
40-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  

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Basque and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Lithuanian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 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 Basque and Lithuanian Language History.

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Basque 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 Basque and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Lithuanian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Basque vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Basque vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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