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Maori
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Akan



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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
Ghana

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Australia, Oceania
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Māori Language Commission
Akan Orthography 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.
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2021
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1016
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
ete-sen

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
meda ase

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

Night pai
maadwo

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
maadwo

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
maaha

Good Morning

Morning pai
maakye

Please

Tēnā
wae

Sorry

Aroha mai
Kafra

Bye

poroporoaki
bye

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Asante

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Ghana

How Many People Speak

150,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
Akuapem

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Ghana

How Many People Speak

150,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Fante

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Ghana

How Many People Speak

150,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

33
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
Akan

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Twi, Fante

French Name

maori
akan

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Māori people
Akan people

History

Origin

1814
15

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maori
Akan

Language Position

26104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
aka

ISO 639 2/B

mao
aka

ISO 639 3

mri
aka

ISO 639 6

mri
aka

Glottocode

maor1246
akan1251

Linguasphere

No data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Maori and Akan Alphabets

Maori and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Akan. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Maori and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Akan languages. The Maori phonology consist Maori vowels and Maori consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maori greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Akan Speaking population

Maori and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Maori and Akan on Maori vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Akan Language Codes

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