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Ukrainian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ukraine  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Latvian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

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
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Ačiū  

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Labas rytas  

Please
будь ласк  
Prašom  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
atsiprašau  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Ate  

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

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Samogitian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Lithuania  

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

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Lithuania  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
lietuvių kalba  

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

French Name
ukrainien  
lituanien  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
1561  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
26  
24
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
lit  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
lit  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
lit  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
lith1251  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Ukrainian and Lithuanian Language History

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

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

Ukrainian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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