Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Prašom
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
pepani
  
Bye
Ate
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
lituanien
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Lithuanian and Chewa 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 Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Chewa Speaking population
Lithuanian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Lithuanian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Chewa Language Codes
Lithuanian and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.