Countries
European Union, Lithuania
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Latvian
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3218
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2013
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Ačiū
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Labanakt
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Prašom
le do thoil
Sorry
atsiprašau
Tá brón orm
Bye
Ate
Slán
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Connacht
How Many People Speak
500,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Munster
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Ulster
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
lituanien
irlandais moyen
German Name
Litauisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Irish people
Origin
c. 1503
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
Baltic
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
4425
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
gle
ISO 639 2/B
lit
gle
ISO 639 3
lit
gle
ISO 639 6
lit
gle
Glottocode
lith1251
iris1253
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional