Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-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
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
Prašom
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
sorry
  
Bye
Ate
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
lituanien
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Standard Dutch
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Lithuanian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Dutch language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Dutch Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.