Lithuanian and Afrikaans
Countries
European Union, Lithuania
South Africa
National Language
Lithuania
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Latvian
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Labanakt
goeie nag
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Labas rytas
goeie more
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Not Available
Dialect 3
Curonian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Cape Dutch
French Name
lituanien
afrikaans
German Name
Litauisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 1503
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
lith1251
afri1274
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
All Lithuanian and Afrikaans 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 Lithuanian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Lithuanian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Lithuanian and Afrikaans on Lithuanian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Lithuanian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.