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Lithuanian and Irish


Irish and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
European Union, Ireland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Lithuania   
Ireland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Ireland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Foras na Gaeilge   

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.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
18   
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Dia dhuit   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Go raibh maith agat   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Conas atá tú ?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
Oíche mhaith   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
Dia dhuit ar maidin   

Please
Prašom   
le do thoil   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
Tá brón orm   

Bye
Ate   
Slán   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Is breá liom thú   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Gabh mo leithscéal   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Connacht Irish   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Connacht   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Munster Irish   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Munster   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Ulster   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
0.14 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.65 million   
35

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   

French Name
lituanien   
irlandais moyen   

German Name
Litauisch   
Mittelirisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Irish people   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
c. 750   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Celtic   

Branch
Baltic   
Goidelic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Irish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
ga   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
gle   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
gle   

ISO 639 3
lit   
gle   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
iris1253   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
50-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Lithuanian and Irish Speaking population

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

Lithuanian and Irish Language Codes

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

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