Afrikaans and Lithuanian
Countries
South Africa
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
South Africa
Lithuania
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Poland
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Latvian
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
goeie nag
Labanakt
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Laba diena
Good Morning
goeie more
Labas rytas
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Samogitian
Where They Speak
-
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
-
Lithuania
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Curonian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Lithuania
Native Name
Afrikaans
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
afrikaans
lituanien
German Name
Afrikaans
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Lithuanians
Origin
17th Century
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Lithuanian
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
lith1251
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Lithuanian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. 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 Afrikaans and Lithuanian on Afrikaans vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Lithuanian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.