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Somali and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Lithuania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Poland   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language   
Latvian   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Labas rytas   

Please
Fadlan   
Prašom   

Sorry
sorry   
atsiprašau   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Ate   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
somali   
lituanien   

German Name
Somali   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
19th century   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
83   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
lit   

ISO 639 3
som   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Somali and Lithuanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Lithuanian Speaking population

Somali and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Lithuanian on Somali vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Lithuanian Language Codes

Somali and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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