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Latvian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Lithuania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
  • 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
Lithuanian Language  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Paldies  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Labas rytas  

Please
lūdzu  
Prašom  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Ate  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
letton  
lituanien  

German Name
Lettisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
1530  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
lit  

ISO 639 3
lav  
lit  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Latvian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Lithuanian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 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 Latvian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Latvian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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