Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Latvian
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Salama!
Thank You
Ačiū
Misaotra
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Labanakt
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Maraina tsara
Please
Prašom
azafady
Sorry
atsiprašau
Miala tsiny
Bye
Ate
Veloma!
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Azafady
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Merina
How Many People Speak
500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Lithuania
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How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
102
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
3.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
lituanien
malgache
German Name
Litauisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Malagasy people
Origin
c. 1503
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
Baltic
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
standard Malagasy
Language Position
4484
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lt
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
lit
mlg
ISO 639 3
lit
mlg
ISO 639 6
lit
mlg
Glottocode
lith1251
mala1537
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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