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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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