Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
scusate
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
italien
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
960 BC
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Italian 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 Italian and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Lithuanian language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Italian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.