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
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9920
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1410
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
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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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
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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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