Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Lithuania
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Poland
South Africa
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Latvian
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
How are you?
Good Night
Labanakt
Good Night
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Good Morning
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
I love you
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Samogitian
American English
Where They Speak
Lithuania
United States of America
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Curonian
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Lithuania
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
English
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Not Available
French Name
lituanien
anglais
German Name
Litauisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Not Available
Origin
c. 1503
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Baltic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
lith1251
stan1293
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Lithuanian and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and English language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs English Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.