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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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