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English vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Lithuania  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Poland  

Regulated By
-  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Latvian  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Thank you  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Labas rytas  

Please
Please  
Prašom  

Sorry
Sorry  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Bye  
Ate  

I Love You
I love you  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
English  
lietuvių kalba  

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

French Name
anglais  
lituanien  

German Name
Englisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
3  
3
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
lit  

ISO 639 3
eng  
lit  

ISO 639 6
engs  
lit  

Glottocode
stan1293  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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English and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of English vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Lithuanian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century 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 English and Lithuanian Language History.

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

English vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The English vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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