Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Poland
Yemen
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Latvian
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3226
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sveiki
Hello
Thank You
Ačiū
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Labanakt
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Prašom
Fadlan
Sorry
atsiprašau
sorry
Bye
Ate
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
500,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Curonian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
lituanien
somali
German Name
Litauisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Somalis
Origin
c. 1503
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Somali
Language Position
4483
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
som
ISO 639 2/B
lit
som
ISO 639 3
lit
som
ISO 639 6
lit
som
Glottocode
lith1251
soma1255
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-