Countries
New Zealand
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
Lithuania
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
Poland
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- 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
Tahitian Language
Latvian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2032
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1020
9
60
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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
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Hello
Hello
Sveiki
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Ačiū
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Night pai
Labanakt
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Laba diena
Good Morning
Morning pai
Labas rytas
Please
Tēnā
Prašom
Sorry
Aroha mai
atsiprašau
Bye
poroporoaki
Ate
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Samogitian
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
150,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
150,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Curonian
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
150,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
maori
lituanien
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Lithuanians
Origin
1814
c. 1503
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
-
Branch
-
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Lithuanian
Language Position
2644
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
lit
ISO 639 2/B
mao
lit
ISO 639 3
mri
lit
ISO 639 6
mri
lit
Glottocode
maor1246
lith1251
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic