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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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