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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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