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Bosnian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Poland  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian  
Latvian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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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  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Hvala  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Labas rytas  

Please
molim vas  
Prašom  

Sorry
Oprostite  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Zbogom  
Ate  

I Love You
Volim te  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
bosniaque  
lituanien  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
19th Century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
24  
22
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
lit  

ISO 639 3
bos  
lit  

ISO 639 6
boss  
lit  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Bosnian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Lithuanian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Bosnian and Lithuanian Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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