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Albanian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Lithuania  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Poland  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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
Romanian  
Latvian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
29  
19
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Labas rytas  

Please
Ju lutem  
Prašom  

Sorry
Me fal  
atsiprašau  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Ate  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
albanais  
lituanien  

German Name
Albanisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
14  
13
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
lit  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
lit  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
lit  

Glottocode
alba1267  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Albanian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Lithuanian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD 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 Albanian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Albanian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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