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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Australia, Oceania
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2026
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

27
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Hello

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
Thank you

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
How are you?

Good Night

Night pai
Good Night

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Morning pai
Good Morning

Please

Tēnā
Please

Sorry

Aroha mai
Sorry

Bye

poroporoaki
Bye

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
I love you

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
American English

Where They Speak

New Zealand
United States of America

How Many People Speak

150,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

150,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Welsh English

Where They Speak

New Zealand
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

150,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
English

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
English

French Name

maori
anglais

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Māori people
English people

History

Origin

1814
5th Century AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Maori
Standard English

Language Position

263
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
eng

ISO 639 2/B

mao
eng

ISO 639 3

mri
eng

ISO 639 6

mri
engs

Glottocode

maor1246
stan1293

Linguasphere

No data Available
52-ABA

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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Maori and English Alphabets

Maori and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and English. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Maori and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and English Speaking population

Maori and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and English languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Maori vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and English Language Codes

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