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Spanish vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

National Language
Spain  
Lithuania  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Poland  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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 Language  
Latvian  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Gracias  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Labas rytas  

Please
Por Favor  
Prašom  

Sorry
triste  
atsiprašau  

Bye
adiós  
Ate  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
Not Available  

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
lituanien  

German Name
Spanisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
lit  

ISO 639 3
spa  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Spanish and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Lithuanian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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