Countries
New Zealand
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
New Zealand
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- "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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2032
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1017
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
hallo
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Dankie
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Night pai
goeie nag
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Morning pai
goeie more
Please
Tēnā
asseblief
Sorry
Aroha mai
jammer
Bye
poroporoaki
Totsiens
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
New Zealand
-
How Many People Speak
150,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
New Zealand
-
How Many People Speak
150,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Namibia
How Many People Speak
150,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Cape Dutch
French Name
maori
afrikaans
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Afrikaners
Origin
1814
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Maori
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
2623
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
afr
ISO 639 2/B
mao
afr
ISO 639 3
mri
afr
ISO 639 6
mri
afrs
Glottocode
maor1246
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic