Countries
European Union, Lithuania
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Latvia
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
Latvian State Language Center
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.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Latvian
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
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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Hello
Sveiki
Sveiki
Thank You
Ačiū
Paldies
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Labanakt
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Labdien
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Labrīt
Please
Prašom
lūdzu
Sorry
atsiprašau
Piedodiet!
Bye
Ate
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Latvia
How Many People Speak
500,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Lettish
French Name
lituanien
letton
German Name
Litauisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Latvians or Letts
Origin
c. 1503
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Latvian
Language Position
449
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lt
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
lav
ISO 639 2/B
lit
lav
ISO 639 3
lit
lav
ISO 639 6
lit
lav
Glottocode
lith1251
latv1249
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic