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Ukrainian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ukraine   
Lithuania   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Poland   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
22   
12
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Labas rytas   

Please
будь ласк   
Prašom   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
atsiprašau   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Ate   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
ukrainien   
lituanien   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
1561   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
26   
22
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
lit   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Ukrainian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Lithuanian language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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