Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Lithuania
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Latvian
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Labanakt
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
guten Tag
Good Morning
Labas rytas
guten Morgen
Sorry
atsiprašau
Verzeihung
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Curonian
Texas German
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
lituanien
allemand
German Name
Litauisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Germans
Origin
c. 1503
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
lith1251
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Lithuanian and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and German Speaking population
Lithuanian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Lithuanian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and German Language Codes
Lithuanian and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.