Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Latvian
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2026
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Ačiū
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Labanakt
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Prašom
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
atsiprašau
жал (žal)
Bye
Ate
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
500,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Debar
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1028
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
lituanien
macédonien
German Name
Litauisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Macedonians
Origin
c. 1503
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
Baltic
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Language Position
4445
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
lit
mac
ISO 639 3
lit
mkd
ISO 639 6
lit
mkd
Glottocode
lith1251
mace1250
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic