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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.