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Slovak vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Poland  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language  
Latvian  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
12  
9

How Many Consonants
38  
27
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
Labas rytas  

Please
Prosím  
Prašom  

Sorry
Pardón!  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Ate  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
slovaque  
lituanien  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
6th Century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
lit  

ISO 639 3
slk  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1269  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Slovak and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Lithuanian language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Slovak vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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