Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Lithuania
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Latvian
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Ačiū
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Labanakt
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Prašom
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
atsiprašau
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Greece
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Griko
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Curonian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
lituanien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Litauisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Baltic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
lith1251
gree1276
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Lithuanian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Greek language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Greek Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.