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Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Poland  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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 Swedish  
Latvian  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
God nat  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
God aften  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Labas rytas  

Please
Please  
Prašom  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Farvel  
Ate  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
dansk  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
danois  
lituanien  

German Name
Dänisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
18  
16
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
lit  

ISO 639 3
dan  
lit  

ISO 639 6
dan  
lit  

Glottocode
dani1284  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Danish and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Lithuanian language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 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 Danish and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Danish vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Danish vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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