Countries
New Zealand
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2026
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
524
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1023
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Night pai
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Morning pai
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Tēnā
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Aroha mai
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
poroporoaki
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Mandarin
Where They Speak
New Zealand
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
150,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Wu
Where They Speak
New Zealand
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
150,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Yue
Where They Speak
New Zealand
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
150,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
maori
chinois
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Han
Origin
1814
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Standard Chinese
Language Position
261
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
zho
ISO 639 2/B
mao
chi
ISO 639 3
mri
zho
ISO 639 6
mri
zho
Glottocode
maor1246
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating