Countries
Macedonia
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
macédonien
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Lithuanian
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Synthetic
  
Macedonian and Lithuanian 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 Macedonian and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Lithuanian language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Macedonian and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.