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Lithuanian vs Slovene


Slovene vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Lithuania  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

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
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Halo  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Prašom  
Prosim  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
Oprostite  

Bye
Ate  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Italy  

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
lituanien  
slovène  

German Name
Litauisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
972-1093  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Baltic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Slovene  

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
slv  

ISO 639 3
lit  
slv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
lith1251  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Lithuanian and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Slovene language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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