Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Lithuania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Poland
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Latvian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Sveiki
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ačiū
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Labanakt
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Laba diena
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Labas rytas
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Prašom
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
atsiprašau
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Jeju
Samogitian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Curonian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Lithuania
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
coréen
lituanien
German Name
Koreanisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Lithuanians
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1503
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Baltic
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Lithuanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
lith1251
Linguasphere
45-AAA
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Korean 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 Korean and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Lithuanian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Korean vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.