Countries
New Zealand
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1032
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
sannu
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
gode ku
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
yaya dai
Good Night
Night pai
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
barka da rana
Good Morning
Morning pai
mai kyau safe
Please
Tēnā
Don Allah
Sorry
Aroha mai
yi hakuri
Bye
poroporoaki
sai anjima
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
gafara dai
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Gaananci
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Ghana
How Many People Speak
150,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Niger
How Many People Speak
150,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Daragaram
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Niger
How Many People Speak
150,000.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million50.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
maori
haoussa
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1814
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Hausa
Language Position
2634
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
hau
ISO 639 2/B
mao
hau
ISO 639 3
mri
hau
ISO 639 6
mri
hau
Glottocode
maor1246
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data Available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional