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Maori

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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2021
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Salama!

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
Misaotra

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Night pai
Alina tsara

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

Morning pai
Maraina tsara

Please

Tēnā
azafady

Sorry

Aroha mai
Miala tsiny

Bye

poroporoaki
Veloma!

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Merina

How Many People Speak

150,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

150,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

New Zealand
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How Many People Speak

150,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

32
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 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

maori
malgache

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Māori people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

1814
1000 AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
Austronesian

Branch

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Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maori
standard Malagasy

Language Position

2684
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

mao
mlg

ISO 639 3

mri
mlg

ISO 639 6

mri
mlg

Glottocode

maor1246
mala1537

Linguasphere

No data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

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Maori and Malagasy Alphabets

Maori and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Malagasy. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Maori and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Malagasy Speaking population

Maori and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Maori vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Malagasy Language Codes

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