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Lithuanian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Lithuania   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Poland   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
hallo   

Thank You
Ačiū   
takk   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
god natt   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
god morgen   

Please
Prašom   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
unnskyld   

Bye
Ate   
ha det   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
Norsk   

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

French Name
lituanien   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Litauisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Baltic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
nor   

ISO 639 3
lit   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Lithuanian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Norwegian language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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