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Lithuanian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Poland  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
hallo  

Thank You
Ačiū  
takk  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
god natt  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
god morgen  

Please
Prašom  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
unnskyld  

Bye
Ate  
ha det  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Norsk  

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

French Name
lituanien  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Litauisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
Baltic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
44  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
nor  

ISO 639 3
lit  
nor  

ISO 639 6
lit  
nor  

Glottocode
lith1251  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Lithuanian and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Lithuanian and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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