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Estonian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Poland  

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

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Sveiki  

Thank You
aitäh  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Labas rytas  

Please
Palun  
Prašom  

Sorry
Vabandust  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Head aega  
Ate  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
estonien  
lituanien  

German Name
Estnisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
13th century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
lit  

ISO 639 3
est  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Estonian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Lithuanian language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Estonian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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