Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Latvian
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3236
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Ačiū
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Labanakt
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
mirëdita
Good Morning
Labas rytas
mirëmengjes
Please
Prašom
Ju lutem
Sorry
atsiprašau
Me fal
Bye
Ate
mirupafshim
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Më falni
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
500,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Italy
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Shqip
French Name
lituanien
albanais
German Name
Litauisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Albanians
Origin
c. 1503
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Standard Albanian
Language Position
4414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
lit
alb
ISO 639 3
lit
sqi
ISO 639 6
lit
sqi
Glottocode
lith1251
alba1267
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic