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Shona vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
46  
34
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
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  

History

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
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Shona and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Lithuanian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Shona and Lithuanian Language History.

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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.

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