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Maori and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
New Zealand  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Australia, Oceania  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • "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
German and English Languages  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
10  
2

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Hello  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Night pai  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Morning pai  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Tēnā  

Sorry
sorry  
Aroha mai  

Bye
vaarwel  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
pardon  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
0.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
maori  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˈmaɔɾi]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Māori people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Polynesian  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Maori  

Language Position
48  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Maori Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
mao  

ISO 639 3
nld  
mri  

ISO 639 6
nld  
mri  

Glottocode
mode1257  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Maori Speaking population

Dutch and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Maori on Dutch vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Maori Language Codes

Dutch and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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