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Belarusian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Lithuania  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Poland  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • 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
Russian and Ukrainian  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
39  
28
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Labas rytas  

Please
Kali laska  
Prašom  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
atsiprašau  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Ate  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
26
Not Available  

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
biélorusse  
lituanien  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
18th century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
79  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
lit  

ISO 639 3
bel  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bela1254  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Belarusian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Lithuanian language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Belarusian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Belarusian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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