Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Lithuania
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Latvian
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Ačiū
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Labanakt
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Prašom
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
atsiprašau
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Ate
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Serbia
Dialect 3
Curonian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Montenegrin
French Name
lituanien
serbe
German Name
Litauisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Serbs
Origin
c. 1503
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Baltic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Standard Serbian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
lith1251
serb1264
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Lithuanian and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Serbian language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Serbian Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.