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Lithuanian vs Amharic


Amharic vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
-  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Selam  

Thank You
Ačiū  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Prašom  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
aznallehu  

Bye
Ate  
tschao  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
lituanien  
amharique  

German Name
Litauisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Amharas  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
Baltic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Amharic  

Language Position
44  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
amh  

ISO 639 3
lit  
amh  

ISO 639 6
lit  
amh  

Glottocode
lith1251  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Lithuanian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Amharic language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lithuanian and Amharic Language History.

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Lithuanian and Amharic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lithuanian and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Amharic language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Amharic Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lithuanian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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