German

Maori

German and Maori

German

Maori

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Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Germany

New Zealand

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe

Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography

Māori Language Commission

Interesting Facts

One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages

Tahitian Language

Derived From

Albanian Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2620

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105

0 32

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How Many Consonants

910

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

hallo

Hello

Thank You

Danke

Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?

E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

gute Nacht

Night pai

Good Evening

guten Abend

pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

guten Tag

Afternoon pai

Good Morning

guten Morgen

Morning pai

Please

bitte

Tēnā

Sorry

Verzeihung

Aroha mai

Bye

Tschüs

poroporoaki

I Love You

Ich liebe dich

Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung

tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German

South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Switzerland

New Zealand

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00150,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Swabian German

Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Germany

New Zealand

How Many People Speak

820,000.00150,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Texas German

Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Texas

New Zealand

How Many People Speak

6,000.00150,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

283

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million0.18 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.01 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

101.00 million0.18 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million0.10 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

Deutsch

te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco

New Zealand Maori

French Name

allemand

maori

German Name

Deutsch

Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]

[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Germans

Māori people

History

Origin

6th Century AD

1814

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Germanic

Polynesian

Branch

Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German

Maori

Language Position

926

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed German

Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu

mri

ISO 639 2/B

ger

mao

ISO 639 3

deu

mri

ISO 639 6

deus

mri

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397

maor1246

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm

No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

German and Maori Alphabets

German and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Maori. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn German and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Maori languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

German and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of German and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Maori on German vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Maori Language Codes

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