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Lithuanian and Polish


Polish and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
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   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

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   

History

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   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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