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Chinese and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Lithuania   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Poland   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
24   
19

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Ačiū   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Labanakt   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Prašom   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Ate   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Not Available   

French Name
lituanien   
chinois   

German Name
Litauisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Han   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Baltic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
chi   

ISO 639 3
lit   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Lithuanian and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lithuanian and Chinese Speaking population

Lithuanian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Lithuanian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Chinese Language Codes

Lithuanian and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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