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Lithuanian and Zulu


Zulu and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Lithuania   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Latvian   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
unjani   

Good Night
Labanakt   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Prašom   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Ate   
bye   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
lituanien   
zoulou   

German Name
Litauisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Baltic   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
zul   

ISO 639 3
lit   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Lithuanian and Zulu 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 Lithuanian and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lithuanian and Zulu Speaking population

Lithuanian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Lithuanian and Zulu on Lithuanian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Zulu Language Codes

Lithuanian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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