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Lithuanian and Serbian


Serbian and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Lithuania   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Labanakt   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Prašom   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Ate   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

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

French Name
lituanien   
serbe   

German Name
Litauisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Serbs   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Baltic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
srp   

ISO 639 3
lit   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Lithuanian and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lithuanian and Serbian Speaking population

Lithuanian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available. 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 Serbian on Lithuanian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Serbian Language Codes

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

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