Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Lithuania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Poland
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Latvian
Alphabets in
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Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Sveiki
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Ačiū
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Labanakt
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Laba diena
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Labas rytas
Please
Молим (Molim)
Prašom
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
atsiprašau
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Ate
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Serbia
Lithuania
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Curonian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Lithuania
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
serbe
lituanien
German Name
Serbisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Lithuanians
Origin
11th Century
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Lithuanian
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
lith1251
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
Serbian 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 Serbian and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Lithuanian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Serbian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.