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Igbo
Igbo

Maori
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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
New Zealand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Māori Language Commission

Interesting Facts

  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  • "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

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Tahitian Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3620
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2810
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
Hello

Thank You

dalụ
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

ka chi fo
Night pai

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
Morning pai

Please

Biko
Tēnā

Sorry

Ndo
Aroha mai

Bye

Kachifo
poroporoaki

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Nigeria
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Nigeria
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

-
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

24.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

203
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Ibo
New Zealand Maori

French Name

igbo
maori

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Māori people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
1814

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Polynesian

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Maori

Language Position

5726
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
mri

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
mao

ISO 639 3

ibo
mri

ISO 639 6

ibo
mri

Glottocode

nucl1417
maor1246

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Igbo and Maori Alphabets

Igbo and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Maori. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Igbo and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Maori languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Maori Speaking population

Igbo and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Maori on Igbo vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Maori Language Codes

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