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Xhosa vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Lithuania  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Poland  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Latvian  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
43  
32
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Molo  
Labas rytas  

Please
Ndicela  
Prašom  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Ate  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
xhosa  
lituanien  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
16th Century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
lit  

ISO 639 3
xho  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Xhosa and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Lithuanian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Lithuanian Language History.

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Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Lithuanian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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