Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
Germany
Lithuania
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Poland
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Latvian
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Labanakt
Good Evening
guten Abend
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Laba diena
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Labas rytas
Sorry
Verzeihung
atsiprašau
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Germany
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Curonian
Where They Speak
Texas
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
allemand
lituanien
German Name
Deutsch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Lithuanians
Origin
6th Century AD
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Lithuanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
lith1251
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All German and Lithuanian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of German and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Lithuanian Speaking population
German and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Lithuanian on German vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Lithuanian Language Codes
German and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.