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Swedish vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
500,000.00   
34

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
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   

History

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
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Swedish and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Lithuanian language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century 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 Swedish and Lithuanian Language History.

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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.

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