Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
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.
Similar To
Latvian
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Kilwa
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.
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.