Finnish and Maori
Countries
European Union, Finland
New Zealand
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
New Zealand
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Māori Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- "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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Tahitian Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Kiitos
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Night pai
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Morning pai
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Finland
New Zealand
Dialect 2
Rauma
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
New Zealand
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
New Zealand
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Suomi
New Zealand Maori
French Name
finnois
maori
German Name
Finnisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Māori people
Language Family
Uralic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Polynesian
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Maori
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
finn1318
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Finnish 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 Finnish and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Maori Speaking population
Finnish and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Maori on Finnish vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Maori Language Codes
Finnish and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.