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Lithuanian vs Slovak


Slovak vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Lithuania   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Prašom   
Prosím   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
Pardón!   

Bye
Ate   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
lituanien   
slovaque   

German Name
Litauisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Baltic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Slovak   

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
slo   

ISO 639 3
lit   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Lithuanian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Slovak language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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Lithuanian and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Slovak language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Slovak Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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