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Lithuanian vs Shona


Shona vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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  
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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
Not Available  

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Mangwanani  

Please
Prašom  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Ate  
bye  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
southern Zimbabwe  

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
lituanien  
shona  

German Name
Litauisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Baltic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Not Available  

Language Position
Not Available  
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
sna  

ISO 639 3
lit  
sna  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
lith1251  
core1255  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Lithuanian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Shona language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lithuanian and Shona Language History.

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Lithuanian and Shona Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lithuanian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Shona language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Shona Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Shona Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lithuanian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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