Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Latvian
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2031
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Selam
Thank You
Ačiū
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Labanakt
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Labas rytas
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Prašom
i'bakwon
Sorry
atsiprašau
aznallehu
Bye
Ate
tschao
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Gondar
How Many People Speak
500,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Showa
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
105
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
3.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
lituanien
amharique
German Name
Litauisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Amharas
Origin
c. 1503
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
Baltic
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Amharic
Language Position
4455
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
amh
ISO 639 2/B
lit
amh
ISO 639 3
lit
amh
ISO 639 6
lit
amh
Glottocode
lith1251
amha1245
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional