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Dutch vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Lithuania   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Poland   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Sveiki   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Labas rytas   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Prašom   

Sorry
sorry   
atsiprašau   

Bye
vaarwel   
Ate   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
lituanien   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
lit   

ISO 639 3
nld   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Dutch and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Lithuanian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Dutch vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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