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Lithuanian vs Galician


Galician vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Galicia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Eastern Galician   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
East Galicia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Central Galician   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Central Galicia   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Western Galician   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
West Galicia   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Lithuanian and Galician Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Galician language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175. 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 Galician Language History.

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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.

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