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Belarusian and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Belarus, Gambia   
Lithuania   

Second Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Poland   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish 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
Russian and Ukrainian   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
39   
28
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Dabranač   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Dobry viečar   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
Labas rytas   

Please
Kali laska   
Prašom   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
atsiprašau   

Bye
da pabačennia   
Ate   

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
Not Available   

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
biélorusse   
lituanien   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
18th century   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
79   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
lit   

ISO 639 3
bel   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bela1254   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Belarusian and Lithuanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Belarusian and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Lithuanian Speaking population

Belarusian and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Belarusian and Lithuanian on Belarusian vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Lithuanian Language Codes

Belarusian and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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