Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Prašom
  
Please
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Ate
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Not Available
  
French Name
lituanien
  
anglais
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Standard English
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic