Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Prašom
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Ate
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
lituanien
  
kannada
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Lithuanian and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Kannada language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Kannada Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.