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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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