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Estonian and Maori


Maori and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • "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
Finnish  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
10  
2

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Hello  

Thank You
aitäh  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Night pai  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Morning pai  

Please
Palun  
Tēnā  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Aroha mai  

Bye
Head aega  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
New Zealand  

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

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
New Zealand  

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
New Zealand  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
0.10 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
estonien  
maori  

German Name
Estnisch  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[ˈmaɔɾi]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Māori people  

History

Origin
13th century  
1814  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Polynesian  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Maori  

Language Position
22  
20
26  
24

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Maori Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
mao  

ISO 639 3
est  
mri  

ISO 639 6
est  
mri  

Glottocode
esto1258  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Estonian 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 Estonian and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. 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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Estonian and Maori Speaking population

Estonian and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Maori on Estonian vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Maori Language Codes

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

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