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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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