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Lithuanian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Lithuania   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Ačiū   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
günaydın   

Please
Prašom   
lütfen   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Ate   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
lituanien   
turc   

German Name
Litauisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Turkish   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Baltic   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
tur   

ISO 639 3
lit   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Lithuanian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Turkish language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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