Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Latvian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3237
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2046
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Mhoro
Thank You
Ačiū
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Labanakt
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Masikati
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Mangwanani
Please
Prašom
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
atsiprašau
Ndineurombo
Bye
Ate
bye
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Lithuania
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Lithuania
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
3.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
chiShona
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
lituanien
shona
German Name
Litauisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Shona people
Origin
c. 1503
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
Baltic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Standard Shona
Language Position
44107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
sna
ISO 639 2/B
lit
sna
ISO 639 3
lit
sna
ISO 639 6
lit
sna
Glottocode
lith1251
core1255
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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