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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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