Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
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 in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Sweden
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Island of Bornholm
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.