Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Lithuania
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Poland
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Latvian
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Sveiki
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ačiū
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Labanakt
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Laba diena
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Labas rytas
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Prašom
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
atsiprašau
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Greece
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Griko
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Italy
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Curonian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Lithuania
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
lituanien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Lithuanians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Baltic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Lithuanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
lith1251
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Greek 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 Greek and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Lithuanian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Greek vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.