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Portuguese vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Lithuania  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Poland  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

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  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Olá  

Thank You
Ačiū  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
bom Dia  

Please
Prašom  
Por Favor  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
pesaroso  

Bye
Ate  
tchau  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Português  

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

French Name
lituanien  
portugais  

German Name
Litauisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
Baltic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
44  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
por  

ISO 639 3
lit  
por  

ISO 639 6
lit  
por  

Glottocode
lith1251  
port1283  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Lithuanian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Portuguese language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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