Lithuanian and Finnish
Countries
European Union, Lithuania
European Union, Finland
National Language
Lithuania
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Latvian
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Labanakt
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Hyvää huomenta
Sorry
atsiprašau
Anteeksi
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Finland
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Rauma
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Curonian
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Suomi
French Name
lituanien
finnois
German Name
Litauisch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
lith1251
finn1318
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Lithuanian and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Finnish Speaking population
Lithuanian and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Lithuanian vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Finnish Language Codes
Lithuanian and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.