Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Macedonia
  
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 in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Macedonia
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.