Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Prašom
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Ate
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Português
  
French Name
lituanien
  
portugais
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Lithuanian and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Portuguese language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.