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Portuguese vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Lithuania   

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

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

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Latvian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Sveiki   

Thank You
obrigado   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Labas rytas   

Please
Por Favor   
Prašom   

Sorry
pesaroso   
atsiprašau   

Bye
tchau   
Ate   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
lietuvių kalba   

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

French Name
portugais   
lituanien   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
lit   

ISO 639 3
por   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Portuguese and Lithuanian Language History

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

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

Portuguese vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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