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Lithuanian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Lithuania  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Ačiū  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
günaydın  

Please
Prašom  
lütfen  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Ate  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
lituanien  
turc  

German Name
Litauisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Turkish  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
Baltic  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
44  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
tur  

ISO 639 3
lit  
tur  

ISO 639 6
lit  
tur  

Glottocode
lith1251  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Lithuanian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Turkish language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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