Countries
New Zealand
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
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
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2021
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1016
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
1814
15
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Akan
Language Position
26104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
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
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-