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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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