Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Prašom
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Ate
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Burma, Laos
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
lituanien
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Lithuanian and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Meithei language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Meithei Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.