Countries
New Zealand
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
New Zealand
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- "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.
- 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.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2033
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1024
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Sveiki
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Paldies
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Night pai
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Labdien
Good Morning
Morning pai
Labrīt
Please
Tēnā
lūdzu
Sorry
Aroha mai
Piedodiet!
Bye
poroporoaki
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Livonian
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Latvia
How Many People Speak
150,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Latvia
How Many People Speak
150,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
High Latvian
Where They Speak
New Zealand
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
150,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Lettish
French Name
maori
letton
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1814
1530
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Latvian
Language Position
269
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mi
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
lav
ISO 639 2/B
mao
lav
ISO 639 3
mri
lav
ISO 639 6
mri
lav
Glottocode
maor1246
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data Available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic