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Lithuanian vs Catalan


Catalan vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Lithuania   
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Spain   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

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
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Hola   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Gràcies   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Com estàs?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
Bona nit   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
Bona nit   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
Bona tarda   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
Bon dia   

Please
Prašom   
Sisplau   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
Perdó!   

Bye
Ate   
Adéu   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
T'estimo   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Dispensi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Caló   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
France, Portugal, Spain   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
440,000.00   
35

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Valencian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
19

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Ribagorçan   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
4.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.10 million   
28

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
català   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   

French Name
lituanien   
catalan; valencien   

German Name
Litauisch   
Katalanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Catalan people   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
c. 1028   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Baltic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Catalan   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Signed Catalan   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
ca   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
cat   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
cat   

ISO 639 3
lit   
cat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
stan1289   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
51-AAA-e   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Lithuanian and Catalan Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Catalan language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Catalan language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028. 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 Catalan Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Catalan Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.

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