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Spanish vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
Lithuania  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Poland  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Buenos Días  

Please
Prašom  
Por Favor  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
triste  

Bye
Ate  
adiós  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Español  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
lituanien  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Litauisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Baltic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
spa  

ISO 639 3
lit  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
lith1251  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Lithuanian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Spanish language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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