Countries
New Zealand
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
New Zealand
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2018
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1013
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Night pai
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Morning pai
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Tēnā
le do thoil
Sorry
Aroha mai
Tá brón orm
Bye
poroporoaki
Slán
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Connacht
How Many People Speak
150,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Munster
How Many People Speak
150,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Ulster
How Many People Speak
150,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
maori
irlandais moyen
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Irish people
Origin
1814
c. 750
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Maori
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
2625
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
gle
ISO 639 2/B
mao
gle
ISO 639 3
mri
gle
ISO 639 6
mri
gle
Glottocode
maor1246
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data Available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional