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Lithuanian vs Basque


Basque vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Lithuania  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Spanish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Egun on  

Please
Prašom  
Mesedez  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
Barkatu  

Bye
Ate  
Agur  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
France  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
lituanien  
basque  

German Name
Litauisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Basque people  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Baltic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Basque  

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
baq  

ISO 639 3
lit  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
lith1251  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Lithuanian and Basque Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Basque language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lithuanian and Basque Language History.

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Lithuanian and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Basque language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Basque Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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