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Lithuanian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
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  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.28 %  
40

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  

History

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  
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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Lithuanian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Malagasy language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Malagasy Language History.

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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.

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