Lithuanian and Estonian
Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Estonia, European Union
National Language
Lithuania
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Latvian
Finnish
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Labanakt
Head ööd
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Tere hommikust
Sorry
atsiprašau
Vabandust
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Tartu
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Curonian
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Lithuania
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Eesti keel
French Name
lituanien
estonien
German Name
Litauisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Estonians
Origin
c. 1503
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Estonian
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
lith1251
esto1258
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Lithuanian and Estonian 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 Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Estonian Speaking population
Lithuanian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available. 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 Estonian on Lithuanian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Estonian Language Codes
Lithuanian and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.