Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malaysia
New Zealand
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Māori Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- "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
Indonesian Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2620
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2410
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hai
Hello
Thank You
terima kasih
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Night pai
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Morning pai
Please
sila
Tēnā
Sorry
maaf
Aroha mai
Bye
Selamat tinggal
poroporoaki
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pekal
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Indonesia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
30,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Musi
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Indonesia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
New Zealand Maori
French Name
malais
maori
German Name
Malaiisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Māori people
Origin
c. 683 AD
1814
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Maori
Language Position
5426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
mri
ISO 639 2/B
may
mao
ISO 639 3
zsm
mri
ISO 639 6
may
mri
Glottocode
stan1306
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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