Countries
New Zealand
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Latvia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Tēnā
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Lettish
  
French Name
maori
  
letton
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1814
  
1530
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Maori and Latvian 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 Maori and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Latvian language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Latvian Difficulty
The Maori vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Latvian 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 Maori and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.