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Latvian and Maori


Maori and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
10  
2

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
New Zealand  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
New Zealand  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
letton  
maori  

German Name
Lettisch  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Māori people  

History

Origin
1530  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Polynesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Maori  

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Latvian and Maori 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 Latvian and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Latvian and Maori Speaking population

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Latvian and Maori Language Codes

Latvian and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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