Countries
Madagascar
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy 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
Not Available
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
azafady
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
malgache
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Lithuanian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.