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Russian and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Lithuania  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Poland  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Latvian  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Labas rytas  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Prašom  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
atsiprašau  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Ate  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
lietuvių kalba  

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

French Name
russe  
lituanien  

German Name
Russisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
7  
7
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
lit  

ISO 639 3
rus  
lit  

ISO 639 6
rus  
lit  

Glottocode
russ1263  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Russian and Lithuanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Lithuanian Speaking population

Russian and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Lithuanian on Russian vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Lithuanian Language Codes

Russian and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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