Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Lithuania
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Poland
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Latvian
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Sveiki
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ačiū
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Labanakt
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Laba diena
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Labas rytas
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Prašom
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
atsiprašau
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Greece
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Griko
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Italy
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Curonian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Lithuania
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
lituanien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Lithuanians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Baltic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Lithuanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
lith1251
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Greek 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 Greek and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Greek and Lithuanian Speaking population
Greek and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Lithuanian on Greek vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Lithuanian Language Codes
Greek and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.