Maori and Cantonese
Countries
New Zealand
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
New Zealand
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
谢谢
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
你好吗？
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
下午好
Good Morning
Morning pai
早上好
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
我爱你
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
New Zealand
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Xiguan
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
te Reo Māori
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
maori
Not Available
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Māori people
Not Available
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
mi
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mri
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
mao
Not Available
ISO 639 3
mri
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
maor1246
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Maori and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Maori and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maori are spoken in different Maori Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maori vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maori dialects include: South Island Māori, Western North Island Maori. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maori and Cantonese Speaking population
Maori and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Maori vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maori and Cantonese Language Codes
Maori and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maori and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.