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German vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
9  
1
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Danke  
Ačiū  

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  

Please
bitte  
Prašom  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Tschüs  
Ate  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
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  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
lit  

ISO 639 3
deu  
lit  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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German and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of German vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Lithuanian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Lithuanian Language History.

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

German vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The German vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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