Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
vänligen
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
hej då
  
Ate
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
suédois
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
13th Century
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Swedish 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 Swedish and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Lithuanian language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Swedish vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.