Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
Russia
Lithuania
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Poland
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Latvian
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Sveiki
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Ačiū
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Labanakt
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Laba diena
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Labas rytas
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Prašom
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
atsiprašau
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Ate
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Olonets
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Olonets
Lithuania
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Curonian
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Lithuania
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Russki
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
russe
lituanien
German Name
Russisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Russians
Lithuanians
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Lithuanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
lith1251
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Russian 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 Russian and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Lithuanian Speaking population
Russian and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Lithuanian on Russian vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Lithuanian Language Codes
Russian and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.