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Lithuanian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Poland  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Labas rytas  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Prašom  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
atsiprašau  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Ate  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Wu  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
chinois  
lituanien  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
lit  

ISO 639 3
zho  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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All Chinese and Lithuanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Lithuanian Speaking population

Chinese and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Lithuanian on Chinese vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Lithuanian Language Codes

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