Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Prašom
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Ate
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
lituanien
  
marathe
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Lithuanian and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Marathi language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Marathi Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.