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Chewa and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Poland  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • 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
Zulu language  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Labas rytas  

Please
Chonde  
Prašom  

Sorry
pepani  
atsiprašau  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Ate  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
lituanien  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
15th Century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
lit  

ISO 639 3
nya  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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All Chewa 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 Chewa and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chewa and Lithuanian Speaking population

Chewa and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % 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 Chewa and Lithuanian on Chewa vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Lithuanian Language Codes

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

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