Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
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.
  
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
Similar To
Latvian
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
Prašom
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
Ate
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Kongu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
lituanien
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Modern Tamil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
tam
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Lithuanian and Tamil Speaking population
Lithuanian and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. 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 Tamil on Lithuanian vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Tamil Language Codes
Lithuanian and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.