Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Prašom
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Ate
  
bye
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
lituanien
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Lithuanian and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Zulu language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Zulu Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.