Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Latvian
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Prašom
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Ate
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Not Available
  
French Name
lituanien
  
albanais
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Albanians
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
All Lithuanian and Albanian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lithuanian and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Albanian Speaking population
Lithuanian and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Lithuanian and Albanian on Lithuanian vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Albanian Language Codes
Lithuanian and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.