Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Latvian
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3238
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2032
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Ačiū
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Labanakt
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Prašom
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
atsiprašau
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Ate
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
102
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million6.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
lituanien
arménien
German Name
Litauisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Armenians
Origin
c. 1503
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
4414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
hye
ISO 639 2/B
lit
arm
ISO 639 3
lit
hye
ISO 639 6
lit
hye
Glottocode
lith1251
arme1241
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic