Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
tchau
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
portugais
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Lithuanian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.