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Bosnian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Lithuania   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Poland   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • 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
Serbian and Croatian   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Hvala   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Labas rytas   

Please
molim vas   
Prašom   

Sorry
Oprostite   
atsiprašau   

Bye
Zbogom   
Ate   

I Love You
Volim te   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
bosniaque   
lituanien   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
19th Century   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Lithuanian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
lit   

ISO 639 3
bos   
lit   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Bosnian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Lithuanian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Bosnian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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