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Lithuanian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

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

Similar To
Latvian  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

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

Good Night
Labanakt  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Prašom  
будь ласк  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Ate  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

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

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Podillian  

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

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
lituanien  
ukrainien  

German Name
Litauisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
Baltic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
44  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
lit  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
lit  
ukr  

Glottocode
lith1251  
ukra1253  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Lithuanian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Ukrainian language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Lithuanian and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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