Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
lituanien
  
amharique
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Amharas
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
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.