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Lithuanian vs Danish


Danish vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Lithuania   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Poland   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
20   
17

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Hallo   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
God nat   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
God morgen   

Please
Prašom   
Please   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
Undskyld!   

Bye
Ate   
Farvel   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
5.50 million   
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
lituanien   
danois   

German Name
Litauisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
c. 1100 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 Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Rigsdansk   

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
dan   

ISO 639 3
lit   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Lithuanian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Danish language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. 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 Danish Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Danish Difficulty

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

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