Countries
New Zealand
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1041
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Night pai
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Morning pai
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Tēnā
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Aroha mai
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
poroporoaki
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
150,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Mappila
Where They Speak
New Zealand
India
How Many People Speak
150,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
New Zealand
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
150,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
maori
malayalam
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Malayali
Origin
1814
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Maori
Malayalam
Language Position
2629
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
mal
ISO 639 2/B
mao
mal
ISO 639 3
mri
mal
ISO 639 6
mri
mal
Glottocode
maor1246
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic