Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
New Zealand
  
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 in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.