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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   
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

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Ethiopia   

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
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

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   

History

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   
55   
40

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
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   

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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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