Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Zimbabwe
  
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 in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.