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Lithuanian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Lithuania  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Prašom  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Ate  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Balgarski  

French Name
lituanien  
bulgare  

German Name
Litauisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
Baltic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
44  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
bul  

ISO 639 3
lit  
bul  

ISO 639 6
lit  
buls  

Glottocode
lith1251  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Lithuanian and Bulgarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lithuanian and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lithuanian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Lithuanian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Lithuanian and Bulgarian on Lithuanian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Bulgarian Language Codes

Lithuanian and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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