Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
hej
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
god morgon
  
Please
Prašom
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Ate
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
lituanien
  
suédois
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Lithuanian and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Swedish language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Swedish Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.