Countries
European Union, Lithuania
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Latvian
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3240
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1221
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Ačiū
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Labanakt
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Prašom
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
atsiprašau
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Ate
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Jeju
Where They Speak
Lithuania
South Korea
How Many People Speak
500,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Lithuania
South Korea
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Lithuania
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
lituanien
coréen
German Name
Litauisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Koreans
Origin
c. 1503
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
4412
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
kor
ISO 639 2/B
lit
kor
ISO 639 3
lit
Kor
ISO 639 6
lit
kor
Glottocode
lith1251
kore1280
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative