Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
National Language
Lithuania
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
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.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
Similar To
Latvian
Malayalam
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
Ačiū
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
Labanakt
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
Prašom
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
atsiprašau
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Ate
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Kongu
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Kongu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Curonian
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Lithuania
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
lituanien
tamoul
German Name
Litauisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
Not Available
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Tamil people or Tamilans
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Baltic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Modern Tamil
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
Glottocode
lith1251
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
tami1289
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Lithuanian and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Tamil language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Tamil Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Tamil 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 Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.