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Serbian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Poland  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Labas rytas  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Prašom  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Ate  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Curonian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
serbe  
lituanien  

German Name
Serbisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
11th Century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
44  
33
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
lit  

ISO 639 3
srp  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Serbian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Lithuanian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Serbian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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