Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Latvian
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Prašom
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Ate
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Not Available
  
French Name
lituanien
  
albanais
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Albanians
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Lithuanian and Albanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lithuanian and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Albanian language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lithuanian and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.