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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Australia, Oceania
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Māori Language Commission
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2036
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1028
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
kedụ

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
dalụ

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

Night pai
ka chi fo

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

Morning pai
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Tēnā
Biko

Sorry

Aroha mai
Ndo

Bye

poroporoaki
Kachifo

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Enuani

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

150,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
Ngwa

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

150,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Not present

Where They Speak

New Zealand
-

How Many People Speak

150,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

320
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
igbo

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Ibo

French Name

maori
igbo

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Māori people
Igbo people

History

Origin

1814
30th Century BC

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maori
Standard Igbo

Language Position

2657
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

mao
ibo

ISO 639 3

mri
ibo

ISO 639 6

mri
ibo

Glottocode

maor1246
nucl1417

Linguasphere

No data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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Maori and Igbo Alphabets

Maori and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Igbo. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Maori and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Igbo Speaking population

Maori and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Maori vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Igbo Language Codes

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