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Lithuanian vs Persian


Persian vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Lithuania   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Poland   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
سلام   

Thank You
Ačiū   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
صبح به خیر   

Please
Prašom   
لطفا   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
متاسف   

Bye
Ate   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
lituanien   
persan   

German Name
Litauisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Persian people   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Baltic   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
per   

ISO 639 3
lit   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Lithuanian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Persian language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Persian Difficulty

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

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