Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Prašom
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Ate
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
lituanien
  
maithili
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Maithil
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
mait1250
  
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 Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Maithili language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Maithili Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.