Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Prašom
  
azafady
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Ate
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
lituanien
  
malgache
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Lithuanian and Malagasy 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 Lithuanian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Malagasy Speaking population
Lithuanian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Lithuanian and Malagasy on Lithuanian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Malagasy Language Codes
Lithuanian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.