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Nepali vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nepal   
Lithuania   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Poland   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Latvian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
12   
9

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
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
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Labas rytas   

Please
कृपया   
Prašom   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
atsiprašau   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Ate   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
népalais   
lituanien   

German Name
Nepali   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
19 BC   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
lit   

ISO 639 3
npi   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
12   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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Nepali and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Lithuanian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Nepali and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Nepali vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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