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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malta
New Zealand

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Europe
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
Māori Language Commission

Interesting Facts

  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  • "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

Western Arabic Dialects
Tahitian Language

Derived From

Roman Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3020
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2410
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ħello
Hello

Thank You

Grazzi
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

Kif int?
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Night pai

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
Morning pai

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
Tēnā

Sorry

Skużani!
Aroha mai

Bye

Ċaw
poroporoaki

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

Skużi!
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Malta
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

520,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Malta
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

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

500,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

23
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Malti
New Zealand Maori

French Name

maltais
maori

German Name

Maltesisch
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Maltese
Māori people

History

Origin

c. 1470
1814

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Polynesian

Branch

North Abric
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maltese
Maori

Language Position

2526
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
mri

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
mao

ISO 639 3

mlt
mri

ISO 639 6

mlt
mri

Glottocode

malt1254
maor1246

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Maltese and Maori Alphabets

Maltese and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and Maori. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Maltese and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and Maori languages. The Maltese phonology consist Maltese vowels and Maltese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maltese greetings vs Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maltese and Maori Speaking population

Maltese and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % 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 Maltese and Maori on Maltese vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Maori Language Codes

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