Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Latvian
Portuguese Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3223
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Ola
Thank You
Ačiū
Grazas
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Labanakt
Boas noites
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Boa tarde
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Bos días
Please
Prašom
Por favor
Sorry
atsiprašau
Síntoo!
Bye
Ate
Adeus
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Ámote
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Lithuania
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
500,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Lithuania
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Galego
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Galego, Gallego
French Name
lituanien
galicien
German Name
Litauisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Galician people
Origin
c. 1503
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Galician
Language Position
4446
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
glg
ISO 639 2/B
lit
glg
ISO 639 3
lit
glg
ISO 639 6
lit
glg
Glottocode
lith1251
gali1258
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-