Countries
Japan
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Japan
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Ate
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
japonais
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
1185
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Lithuanian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Japanese vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.