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Maori
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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Total No. Of Countries

17
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
Germany

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America

Speaking Continents

Australia, Oceania
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Regulated By

Māori Language Commission
Council for German Orthography

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.
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

Similar To

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

Derived From

-
Albanian Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2026
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

109
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 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
hallo

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
Danke

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
Wie geht es dir?

Good Night

Night pai
gute Nacht

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
guten Abend

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
guten Tag

Good Morning

Morning pai
guten Morgen

Please

Tēnā
bitte

Sorry

Aroha mai
Verzeihung

Bye

poroporoaki
Tschüs

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ich liebe dich

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
Entschuldigung

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Swiss German

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Switzerland

How Many People Speak

150,000.004,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
Swabian German

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Germany

How Many People Speak

150,000.00820,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Texas German

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Texas

How Many People Speak

150,000.006,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

328
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million229.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %1.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million101.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million128.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
Deutsch

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Deutsch, Tedesco

French Name

maori
allemand

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Deutsch

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]

Ethnicity

Māori people
Germans

History

Origin

1814
6th Century AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maori
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German

Language Position

269
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Signed German

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
de

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
deu

ISO 639 2/B

mao
ger

ISO 639 3

mri
deu

ISO 639 6

mri
deus

Glottocode

maor1246
high1287, uppe1397

Linguasphere

No data Available
52-ACB–dl & -dm

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Maori and German Alphabets

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

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

Maori and German Speaking population

Maori and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and German languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Maori vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and German Language Codes

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