Estonian and Lithuanian
Countries
Estonia, European Union
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Lithuania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Poland
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Latvian
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Head ööd
Labanakt
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Laba diena
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Labas rytas
Sorry
Vabandust
atsiprašau
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Tartu
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Lithuania
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Curonian
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Lithuania
Native Name
eesti keel
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
estonien
lituanien
German Name
Estnisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Lithuanians
Origin
13th century
c. 1503
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Lithuanian
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
esto1258
lith1251
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Estonian 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 Estonian and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Lithuanian Speaking population
Estonian and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. 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 Estonian and Lithuanian on Estonian vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Lithuanian Language Codes
Estonian and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.