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Lithuanian vs Kannada


Kannada vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
14  
11

How Many Consonants
20  
10
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Urali  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

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  

History

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
44  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

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Lithuanian and Kannada Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Kannada language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Kannada language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Kannada language states that this language originated in c. 450. 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 Kannada Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Kannada Difficulty

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

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