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English vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
2   
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Lithuania   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Poland   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Thank you   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Labas rytas   

Please
Please   
Prašom   

Sorry
Sorry   
atsiprašau   

Bye
Bye   
Ate   

I Love You
I love you   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
lietuvių kalba   

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

French Name
anglais   
lituanien   

German Name
Englisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
lit   

ISO 639 3
eng   
lit   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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English and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of English vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Lithuanian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Lithuanian Language History.

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

English vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The English vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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