Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
European Union, Poland
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Poland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
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.
  
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
cześć
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
dziękuję
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Jak się masz?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
dobranoc
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
dobry wieczór
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
Dzień dobry
  
Please
Prašom
  
proszę
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
Przepraszam
  
Bye
Ate
  
do widzenia
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
kocham Cię
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
przepraszam
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Masovian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Poland
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Silesian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Czech Republic, Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Polski
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Polnisch, Polski
  
French Name
lituanien
  
polonais
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Polnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Poles
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
1270
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Polish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
pl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
pol
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
pol
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
pol
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
pols
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
poli1260
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-cc
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
All Lithuanian and Polish 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 Polish dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Polish Speaking population
Lithuanian and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Polish on Lithuanian vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Polish Language Codes
Lithuanian and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.