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Irish and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ireland   
Lithuania   

Second Language
Ireland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Poland   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish 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
Not Available   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
13   
3
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
Labas rytas   

Please
le do thoil   
Prašom   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
atsiprašau   

Bye
Slán   
Ate   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
Not Available   

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
lituanien   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
c. 750   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Goidelic   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Lithuanian   

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
lit   

ISO 639 3
gle   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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All Irish 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 Irish and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Irish and Lithuanian Speaking population

Irish and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available 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 Irish and Lithuanian on Irish vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Lithuanian Language Codes

Irish and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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