Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
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 in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.