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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
-  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

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
0.07 %  
99+
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
isiZulu  

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

French Name
lituanien  
zoulou  

German Name
Litauisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Baltic  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
44  
99+
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Zulu Sign Language  

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
lit  
zul  

Glottocode
lith1251  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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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 0.07 % 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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