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Lithuanian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
hallo   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Dankie   

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   

Please
Prašom   
asseblief   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
jammer   

Bye
Ate   
Not Available   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

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   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Baltic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

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   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
afr   

ISO 639 3
lit   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
lith1251   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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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.

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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.

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