Countries
European Union, Lithuania
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
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
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "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
Latvian
Tahitian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3220
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2010
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Hello
Thank You
Ačiū
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Labanakt
Night pai
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Morning pai
Please
Prašom
Tēnā
Sorry
atsiprašau
Aroha mai
Bye
Ate
poroporoaki
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Samogitian
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Lithuania
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
500,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Lithuania
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Lithuania
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
New Zealand Maori
French Name
lituanien
maori
German Name
Litauisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Māori people
Origin
c. 1503
1814
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Maori
Language Position
4426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
mri
ISO 639 2/B
lit
mao
ISO 639 3
lit
mri
ISO 639 6
lit
mri
Glottocode
lith1251
maor1246
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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