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Lithuanian vs Korean


Korean vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Lithuania  
North Korea, South Korea  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Poland  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
21  
18

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Ačiū  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Labanakt  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Prašom  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Ate  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
lituanien  
coréen  

German Name
Litauisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Koreans  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Baltic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
kor  

ISO 639 3
lit  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
lith1251  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Lithuanian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Korean language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Korean Difficulty

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

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