Countries
European Union, Lithuania
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Latvian
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3249
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1214
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2035
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Ačiū
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Labanakt
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Prašom
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
atsiprašau
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Ate
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Badaga
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
500,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Urali
Where They Speak
Lithuania
kerala
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
3.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
lituanien
kannada
German Name
Litauisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Kannadiga
Origin
c. 1503
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Modern Kannada
Language Position
4431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
kan
ISO 639 2/B
lit
kan
ISO 639 3
lit
kan
ISO 639 6
lit
kan
Glottocode
lith1251
nucl1305
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-