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Lithuanian and Somali


Somali and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

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  

History

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
44  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

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All Lithuanian and Somali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lithuanian and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lithuanian and Somali Speaking population

Lithuanian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Lithuanian and Somali on Lithuanian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Somali Language Codes

Lithuanian and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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