Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Xhosa Language
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
bye
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
zoulou
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
19
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
All Zulu and Lithuanian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Zulu and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Lithuanian Speaking population
Zulu and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Zulu and Lithuanian on Zulu vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Lithuanian Language Codes
Zulu and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.