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Slovene vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
Lithuania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Poland  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Hvala  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Labas rytas  

Please
Prosim  
Prašom  

Sorry
Oprostite  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
Ate  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Resian  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Not available  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
slovène  
lituanien  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
972-1093  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
lit  

ISO 639 3
slv  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1268  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Slovene and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Lithuanian language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Slovene vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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