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Lithuanian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Lithuania   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Labanakt   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Prašom   
будь ласк   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Ate   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Not Available   

French Name
lituanien   
ukrainien   

German Name
Litauisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Baltic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
lit   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Lithuanian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Ukrainian language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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