Cantonese and Maori
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
New Zealand
National Language
China, Guangdong
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Māori Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- "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
Chinese Language
Tahitian Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Thank You
谢谢
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
你好吗？
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Evening
晚上好
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
下午好
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
早上好
Morning pai
I Love You
我爱你
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
New Zealand
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
New Zealand Maori
French Name
cantonais
maori
German Name
Kantonesisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Māori people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Maori
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Maori Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
mi
ISO 639 3
No data available
mri
Glottocode
cant1236
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Maori Speaking population
Cantonese and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Maori on Cantonese vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Maori Language Codes
Cantonese and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.