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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
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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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