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Norwegian and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
Lithuania   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Poland   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Sveiki   

Thank You
takk   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
god natt   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Labas rytas   

Please
Vær så snill   
Prašom   

Sorry
unnskyld   
atsiprašau   

Bye
ha det   
Ate   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
lietuvių kalba   

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

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
lituanien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Lithuanian   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
lit   

ISO 639 3
nor   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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All Norwegian and Lithuanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Lithuanian Speaking population

Norwegian and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Lithuanian on Norwegian vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Lithuanian Language Codes

Norwegian and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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