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Lithuanian and Basque


Basque and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Lithuania  
France, Spain  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Egun on  

Please
Prašom  
Mesedez  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
Barkatu  

Bye
Ate  
Agur  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
France  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
lituanien  
basque  

German Name
Litauisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Basque people  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Baltic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Basque  

Language Position
44  
99+
30  
28

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
baq  

ISO 639 3
lit  
eus  

ISO 639 6
lit  
eus  

Glottocode
lith1251  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Lithuanian and Basque 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 Lithuanian and Basque dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lithuanian and Basque Speaking population

Lithuanian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Lithuanian and Basque on Lithuanian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Basque Language Codes

Lithuanian and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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