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Chewa vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs 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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Chewa and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Lithuanian language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Chewa and Lithuanian Language History.

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Chewa 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 Chewa and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Lithuanian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chewa vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Chewa vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa 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 Chewa and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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