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Lithuanian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Armenian National 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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Greek  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
Prašom  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
Ate  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
lituanien  
arménien  

German Name
Litauisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Armenians  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Baltic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
44  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
arm  

ISO 639 3
lit  
hye  

ISO 639 6
lit  
hye  

Glottocode
lith1251  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Lithuanian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Armenian language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lithuanian and Armenian Language History.

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Lithuanian and Armenian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lithuanian and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Armenian language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Armenian Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lithuanian and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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