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Lithuanian vs Somali


Somali vs 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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Lithuanian and Somali Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Somali language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali Language History.

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Lithuanian and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Somali language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Somali Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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