Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Lithuania
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Latvian
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ačiū
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Labanakt
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Prašom
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
atsiprašau
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Ate
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Olonets
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Olonets
Dialect 3
Curonian
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Novgorod
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Русский
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Russki
French Name
lituanien
russe
German Name
Litauisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Russians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
lith1251
russ1263
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Lithuanian and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Russian Speaking population
Lithuanian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Lithuanian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Russian Language Codes
Lithuanian and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.