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Lithuanian vs German


German vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Lithuania   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
9   
1

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
hallo   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Danke   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
guten Morgen   

Please
Prašom   
bitte   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Ate   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
lituanien   
allemand   

German Name
Litauisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Baltic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
ger   

ISO 639 3
lit   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
lith1251   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Lithuanian and German Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and German language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs German Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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