Countries
New Zealand
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2099
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1014
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Night pai
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Morning pai
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Tēnā
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Aroha mai
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
poroporoaki
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Sanuki
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
150,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Hakata
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
150,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Kansai
Where They Speak
New Zealand
kansai
How Many People Speak
150,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
331
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
日本語
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Nihongo
French Name
maori
japonais
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
1814
1185
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Maori
Japanese
Language Position
268
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
mao
jpn
ISO 639 3
mri
jpn
ISO 639 6
mri
jpn
Glottocode
maor1246
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data Available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic