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Macedonian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
31   
13
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
26   
16
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Debar   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Macedonian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Lithuanian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Macedonian and Lithuanian Language History.

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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.

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