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Irish vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs 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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Irish and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Lithuanian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 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 Irish and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Irish vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Irish vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish 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 Irish and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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