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Czech vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Czech Republic  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  
Poland  

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
  • 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
12  
9

How Many Consonants
32  
22
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ahoj  
Sveiki  

Thank You
děkuji  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Jak se máš?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
dobrou noc  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
dobrý večer  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
dobré ráno  
Labas rytas  

Please
prosím  
Prašom  

Sorry
litovat  
atsiprašau  

Bye
sbohem  
Ate  

I Love You
Miluji tě  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
promiňte  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Lach  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Moravian  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
tchèque  
lituanien  

German Name
Tschechisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Czechs  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Czech  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
73  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cs  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
cze  
lit  

ISO 639 3
ces  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
czec1258  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da  
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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Czech and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Czech vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Lithuanian language. History of Czech 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 Czech and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Czech vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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