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Lithuanian and Japanese


Japanese and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Poland  
Palau  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Ačiū  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Labanakt  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Prašom  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Ate  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Nihongo  

French Name
lituanien  
japonais  

German Name
Litauisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Baltic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Japanese  

Language Position
44  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
lit  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
lit  
jpn  

Glottocode
lith1251  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Lithuanian and Japanese Speaking population

Lithuanian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Lithuanian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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