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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2099
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

331
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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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)

History

Origin

1814
1185

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
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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

Code

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

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Maori and Japanese Alphabets

Maori and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Japanese. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Maori and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Japanese Speaking population

Maori and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Maori vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Japanese Language Codes

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