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
  
Lithuanian and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Malagasy language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.