Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Prašom
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Ate
  
bye
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
lituanien
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
kaza1248
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Lithuanian and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Kazakh language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.