Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Lithuania
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Poland
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Latvian
German and English Languages
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Labanakt
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Labas rytas
goedemorgen
Please
Prašom
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
pardon
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Gronings
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Curonian
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
lituanien
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Litauisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Dutch people
Origin
c. 1503
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
lith1251
mode1257
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Lithuanian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Dutch language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Dutch Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.