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Romanian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Lithuania   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Poland   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Latvian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Sveiki   

Thank You
multumesc   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Labas rytas   

Please
Vă Rog   
Prašom   

Sorry
scuze   
atsiprašau   

Bye
La revedere   
Ate   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
lituanien   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
1521   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
lit   

ISO 639 3
ron   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Romanian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Lithuanian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Romanian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Romanian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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