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Lithuanian vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
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   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

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   

History

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   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Lithuanian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Portuguese language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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