Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Greece
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Griko
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Curonian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Baltic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
lith1251
gree1276
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
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 Not Available 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.