Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Latvian
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
فارسی
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
lituanien
persan
German Name
Litauisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Persian people