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Lithuanian and Japanese


Japanese and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Lithuania   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Poland   
Palau   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Ačiū   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Labanakt   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Prašom   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Ate   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
日本語   

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

French Name
lituanien   
japonais   

German Name
Litauisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Baltic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Japanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
8   
8

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
lit   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Lithuanian and Japanese Speaking population

Lithuanian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Lithuanian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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