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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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