Countries
European Union, Lithuania
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Jeju
Where They Speak
Lithuania
South Korea
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Lithuania
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Curonian
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Lithuania
China, North Korea
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Origin
c. 1503
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Baltic
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
lith1251
kore1280
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
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.