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Swahili and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Lithuania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Poland   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Latvian   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Asante   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
Labas rytas   

Please
tafadhali   
Prašom   

Sorry
pole   
atsiprašau   

Bye
bye   
Ate   

I Love You
nakupenda   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
swahili   
lituanien   

German Name
Swahili   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
6th century   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Lithuanian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
lit   

ISO 639 3
swa   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Swahili and Lithuanian Speaking population

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

Swahili and Lithuanian Language Codes

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

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