Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Ate
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Lithuanian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Catalan 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 Catalan and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Lithuanian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Catalan vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.