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Chinese and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Lithuania   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Poland   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
12   
9

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Labas rytas   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Prašom   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
atsiprašau   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Ate   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Wu   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
chinois   
lituanien   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
lit   

ISO 639 3
zho   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Lithuanian Speaking population

Chinese and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Lithuanian on Chinese vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Lithuanian Language Codes

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

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