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Croatian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
2   
13

National Language
Austria   
Lithuania   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Poland   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Latvian   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Sveiki   

Thank You
hvala   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
kako si   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
laku noć   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Labas rytas   

Please
molim   
Prašom   

Sorry
Oprostite   
atsiprašau   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Ate   

I Love You
Volim te   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
croate   
lituanien   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
9th century   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
lit   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Croatian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Lithuanian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Croatian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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