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Croatian vs Lithuanian


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Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Poland  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Latvian  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Sveiki  

Thank You
hvala  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
kako si  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Labas rytas  

Please
molim  
Prašom  

Sorry
Oprostite  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Ate  

I Love You
Volim te  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
lietuvių kalba  

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

French Name
croate  
lituanien  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
9th century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
23  
21
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
lit  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
lit  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
lit  

Glottocode
croa1245  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Croatian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Lithuanian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Croatian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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