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Lithuanian vs Maori


Maori vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
20   
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
South Island Māori   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Western North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
New Zealand   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Eastern North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
0.18 million   
99+

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Māori people   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
1814   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Polynesian   

Branch
Baltic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Maori   

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
maor1246   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Lithuanian and Maori Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Maori language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lithuanian and Maori Language History.

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Lithuanian and Maori Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lithuanian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Maori language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Maori Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Maori Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lithuanian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.

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