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Lithuanian vs Japanese


Japanese vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Poland  
Palau  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Ačiū  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Labanakt  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Prašom  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Ate  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Not Available  

French Name
lituanien  
japonais  

German Name
Litauisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Baltic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
lit  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
lith1251  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Lithuanian and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Japanese language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Japanese Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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