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French vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
32  
3

National Language
Lithuania  
France  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Africa, Canada  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  

Minority Language
Poland  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Italian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
bonjour  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Merci  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Comment allez-vous?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
bonne Nuit  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
bonsoir  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
bon Après-Midi  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Bonjour  

Please
Prašom  
S'il vous plaît  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
désolé  

Bye
Ate  
au revoir  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Je t'aime  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Excuse Moi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Quebec French  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
6,200,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
African French  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Africa  

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,800,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.12 %  
17

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
87.00 million  
11

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
français  

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

French Name
lituanien  
français  

German Name
Litauisch  
Französisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Baltic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old French, Middle French and French  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Standard French  

Language Position
Not Available  
13  
12

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
fr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
fra  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
fre  

ISO 639 3
lit  
fra  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
fras  

Glottocode
lith1251  
stan1290  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
51-AAA-i  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Lithuanian and French Language History

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

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

Lithuanian vs French Difficulty

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

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