Home
Languagevs


Dutch vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Lithuania  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Poland  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Latvian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Labas rytas  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Prašom  

Sorry
sorry  
atsiprašau  

Bye
vaarwel  
Ate  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
lituanien  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
48  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
lit  

ISO 639 3
nld  
lit  

ISO 639 6
nld  
lit  

Glottocode
mode1257  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

Countries >>
<< All

Dutch and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Lithuanian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Lithuanian Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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

Dutch vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages