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Persian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Lithuania   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Poland   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Latvian   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
سلام   
Sveiki   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Labas rytas   

Please
لطفا   
Prašom   

Sorry
متاسف   
atsiprašau   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Ate   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
persan   
lituanien   

German Name
Persisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
lit   

ISO 639 3
pes   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Persian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Lithuanian language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Persian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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