Lithuanian and Norwegian
Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Norway
National Language
Lithuania
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Poland
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Latvian
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Labanakt
god natt
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Labas rytas
god morgen
Please
Prašom
Vær så snill
Sorry
atsiprašau
unnskyld
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Sogn
Dialect 3
Curonian
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Norsk
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Norsk
French Name
lituanien
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Litauisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Norwegians
Origin
c. 1503
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Baltic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
lith1251
norw1258
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Lithuanian and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Norwegian Speaking population
Lithuanian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian on Lithuanian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Norwegian Language Codes
Lithuanian and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.