Countries
European Union, Lithuania
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Latvian
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
alo
Thank You
Ačiū
multumesc
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Labanakt
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Labas rytas
bună Dimineața
Please
Prašom
Vă Rog
Sorry
atsiprašau
scuze
Bye
Ate
La revedere
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
500,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Curonian
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Croatia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1010
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Română
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
lituanien
roumain; moldave
German Name
Litauisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Romanians
Origin
c. 1503
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Romanian
Language Position
4436
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
ron
ISO 639 2/B
lit
rum
ISO 639 3
lit
ron
ISO 639 6
lit
ron
Glottocode
lith1251
roma1327
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic