Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
European Union, Lithuania
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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
nakupenda
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Samahani
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Lithuania
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Curonian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Lithuania
Native Name
Kiswahili
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
swahili
lituanien
German Name
Swahili
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Lithuanians
Origin
6th century
c. 1503
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Lithuanian
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
lith1251
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
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.
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 0.42 % 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 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.