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
Russian 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 Russian and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Lithuanian language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Russian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.