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Galician vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Galicia   
Lithuania   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Poland   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Latvian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Grazas   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Labas rytas   

Please
Por favor   
Prašom   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
atsiprašau   

Bye
Adeus   
Ate   

I Love You
Ámote   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Galego   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
galicien   
lituanien   

German Name
Galicisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Lithuanian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
lit   

ISO 639 3
glg   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Galician and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Lithuanian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Galician vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Galician vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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