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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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