Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Prašom
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Ate
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
lituanien
  
persan
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Persian people
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Lithuanian and Persian Speaking population
Lithuanian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Lithuanian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Persian Language Codes
Lithuanian and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.