Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Lithuania
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Poland
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Latvian
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Labanakt
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Buenos Días
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Mexico
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Curonian
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Español
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
lituanien
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Litauisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Baltic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
lith1251
stan1288
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic