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Lithuanian vs Italian


Italian vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Lithuania   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
ciao   

Thank You
Ačiū   
grazie   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
buongiorno   

Please
Prašom   
Per Favore   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
scusate   

Bye
Ate   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
Italiano   

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

French Name
lituanien   
italien   

German Name
Litauisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Italians   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Baltic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
ita   

ISO 639 3
lit   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
lith1251   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Lithuanian and Italian Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Italian language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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Lithuanian and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Italian language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Italian Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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