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Lithuanian and Korean


Korean and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Lithuania   
North Korea, South Korea   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Poland   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
21   
18

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Ačiū   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Labanakt   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
Prašom   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Ate   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
lituanien   
coréen   

German Name
Litauisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Koreans   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Baltic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
kor   

ISO 639 3
lit   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Lithuanian and Korean Speaking population

Lithuanian and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Lithuanian vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Korean Language Codes

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

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