Countries
European Union, Latvia
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Māori Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3320
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2410
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sveiki
Hello
Thank You
Paldies
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Night pai
Good Evening
Labvakar
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Labrīt
Morning pai
Please
lūdzu
Tēnā
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Aroha mai
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
poroporoaki
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Livonian
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Latvia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Latvia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Lettish
New Zealand Maori
French Name
letton
maori
German Name
Lettisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Māori people
Origin
1530
1814
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Maori
Language Position
926
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
mri
ISO 639 2/B
lav
mao
ISO 639 3
lav
mri
ISO 639 6
lav
mri
Glottocode
latv1249
maor1246
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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