Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
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 in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.