Countries
New Zealand
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
Ethiopia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1031
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
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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Hello
Hello
Selam
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Night pai
Dehna dur
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Morning pai
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Tēnā
i'bakwon
Sorry
Aroha mai
aznallehu
Bye
poroporoaki
tschao
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
yiqirta
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Gondar
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Gondar
How Many People Speak
150,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Gojjami
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
150,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Showa
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
150,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.18 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
te Reo Māori
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
maori
amharique
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Amharas
Origin
1814
13th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Maori
Amharic
Language Position
2655
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
amh
ISO 639 2/B
mao
amh
ISO 639 3
mri
amh
ISO 639 6
mri
amh
Glottocode
maor1246
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional