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Lithuanian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
English Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Helô  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Bore da  

Please
Prašom  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
Ate  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Gwynedd  

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Powys  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Cymraeg  

French Name
lituanien  
gallois  

German Name
Litauisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Celtic  

Branch
Baltic  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Welsh  

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
wel  

ISO 639 3
lit  
cym  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
lith1251  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Lithuanian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Welsh language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Welsh Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Welsh Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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