Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
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.
  
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Ola
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
Bos días
  
Please
Prašom
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
Ate
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
lituanien
  
galicien
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Galician
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Lithuanian and Galician 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 Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Galician language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Galician Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Galician 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 Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.