Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Prašom
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Ate
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Malti
  
French Name
lituanien
  
maltais
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Maltese
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Baltic
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
All Lithuanian and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Maltese Speaking population
Lithuanian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese 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 Maltese on Lithuanian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Maltese Language Codes
Lithuanian and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.