Countries
Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
bye
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
shona
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
20th century
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Shona and Lithuanian 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 Shona and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Lithuanian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Shona vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Shona and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.