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Lithuanian vs Nepali


Nepali vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Lithuania  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Poland  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Ačiū  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Labanakt  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Prašom  
कृपया  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Ate  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
lituanien  
népalais  

German Name
Litauisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Baltic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Nepali  

Language Position
44  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
nep  

ISO 639 3
lit  
npi  

ISO 639 6
lit  
nep  

Glottocode
lith1251  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Lithuanian and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Nepali language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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