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Lithuanian vs Croatian


Croatian vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
9   
7

National Language
Lithuania   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
bok   

Thank You
Ačiū   
hvala   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
kako si   

Good Night
Labanakt   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
dobro jutro   

Please
Prašom   
molim   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
Oprostite   

Bye
Ate   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Hrvatski   

French Name
lituanien   
croate   

German Name
Litauisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Croats   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Baltic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
lit   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Lithuanian and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Croatian language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Croatian Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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