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Lithuanian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Lithuania   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

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

Good Night
Labanakt   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Prašom   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Ate   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Torlakian   

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

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
lituanien   
macédonien   

German Name
Litauisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Baltic   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
mac   

ISO 639 3
lit   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Lithuanian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Macedonian language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Lithuanian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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