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Lithuanian vs Latvian


Latvian vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Lithuania  
Latvia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Latvian State Language Center  

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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Labrīt  

Please
Prašom  
lūdzu  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Ate  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Latvia  

Dialect 3
Curonian  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
France, Latvia  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Lettish  

French Name
lituanien  
letton  

German Name
Litauisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Baltic  

Branch
Baltic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Latvian  

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
lav  

ISO 639 3
lit  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
lith1251  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Lithuanian and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Latvian language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530. 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 Latvian Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Latvian Difficulty

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

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