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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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