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Countries

Countries

Japan
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Japan
New Zealand

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia, Pacific
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Māori Language Commission

Interesting Facts

  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  • "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

Korean Language
Tahitian Language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9920
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1410
9 60
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Scripts

Kana
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

52
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hello

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Night pai

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
Morning pai

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Tēnā

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Aroha mai

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
poroporoaki

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Kagawa
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

kansai
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

313
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Nihongo
New Zealand Maori

French Name

japonais
maori

German Name

Japanisch
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
Māori people

History

Origin

1185
1814

Language Family

Japonic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
Polynesian

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms

Standard Forms

Japanese
Maori

Language Position

826
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
mri

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
mao

ISO 639 3

jpn
mri

ISO 639 6

jpn
mri

Glottocode

nucl1643
maor1246

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Japanese and Maori Alphabets

Japanese and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Maori. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Japanese and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Maori languages. The Japanese phonology consist Japanese vowels and Japanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Japanese greetings vs Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Japanese and Maori Speaking population

Japanese and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Maori on Japanese vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Maori Language Codes

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