Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
tschao
  
Ate
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
amharique
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
13th century
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Amharic and Lithuanian 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 Amharic and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Lithuanian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Amharic vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Amharic and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.