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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Māori Language Commission
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2026
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

26
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
bonjour

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
Merci

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Night pai
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Morning pai
Bonjour

Please

Tēnā
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Aroha mai
désolé

Bye

poroporoaki
au revoir

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Quebec French

Where They Speak

New Zealand
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

150,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
African French

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Africa

How Many People Speak

150,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Swiss French

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

150,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
français

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Français

French Name

maori
français

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Māori people
French people

History

Origin

1814
9th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Maori
Standard French

Language Position

2613
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
fra

ISO 639 2/B

mao
fre

ISO 639 3

mri
fra

ISO 639 6

mri
fras

Glottocode

maor1246
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data Available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Maori and French Alphabets

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

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

Maori and French Speaking population

Maori and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and French languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Maori vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and French Language Codes

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