Countries
European Union, Lithuania
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
National Language
Lithuania
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Latvian
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Labanakt
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Labas rytas
bună Dimineața
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Curonian
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Română
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
lituanien
roumain; moldave
German Name
Litauisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Romanians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Baltic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Romanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
lith1251
roma1327
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
51-AAD-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Lithuanian and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Romanian language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Romanian Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.