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Lithuanian

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Countries

Countries

European Union, Lithuania
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Lithuania
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Poland
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Latvian
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3224
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

127
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2017
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Ačiū
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Kaip sekasi?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Labanakt
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Labas vakaras
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Laba diena
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Labas rytas
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Prašom
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

atsiprašau
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Ate
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Aš myliu tave
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Atsiprašau
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Samogitian
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Lithuania
Greece

How Many People Speak

500,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Aukštaitian
Griko

Where They Speak

Lithuania
Italy

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Curonian
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Lithuania
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1025
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

3.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

lietuvių kalba
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

lituanien
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Litauisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Lithuanians
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

c. 1503
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Hellenic

Branch

Baltic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Lithuanian
Modern Greek

Language Position

4474
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lithuanian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lt
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lit
ell

ISO 639 2/B

lit
gre

ISO 639 3

lit
ell

ISO 639 6

lit
ells

Glottocode

lith1251
gree1276

Linguasphere

54-AAA-a
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Lithuanian and Greek Alphabets

Lithuanian and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lithuanian and Greek. In Lithuanian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Lithuanian and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lithuanian and Greek languages. The Lithuanian phonology consist Lithuanian vowels and Lithuanian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lithuanian greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lithuanian and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lithuanian and Greek Speaking population

Lithuanian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Lithuanian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Greek Language Codes

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