Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Pakistan
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Latvian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3244
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Ačiū
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Labanakt
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Labas rytas
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Prašom
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
atsiprašau
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Ate
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
500,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1021
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
3.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
lituanien
pachto
German Name
Litauisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Pashtun
Origin
c. 1503
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Baltic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
pus
ISO 639 2/B
lit
pus
ISO 639 3
lit
pus
ISO 639 6
lit
pus
Glottocode
lith1251
pash1269
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional