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Lithuanian and Swahili


Swahili and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Lithuania   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Latvian   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Habari   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Asante   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Prašom   
tafadhali   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
pole   

Bye
Ate   
bye   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
lituanien   
swahili   

German Name
Litauisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
6th 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   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
swa   

ISO 639 3
lit   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Lithuanian and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lithuanian and Swahili Speaking population

Lithuanian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Lithuanian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Swahili Language Codes

Lithuanian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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