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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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