Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
- 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
Telugu
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Ate
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
kannada
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
c. 450
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kannada 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 Kannada and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Lithuanian language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Kannada vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada 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 Kannada and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.