Countries
New Zealand
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
New Zealand
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2026
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1024
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Hai
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
terima kasih
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Night pai
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Morning pai
Selamat pagi
Please
Tēnā
sila
Sorry
Aroha mai
maaf
Bye
poroporoaki
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
150,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Pekal
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
150,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Musi
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
150,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
324
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
maori
malais
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Malaysian people
Origin
1814
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Maori
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
2654
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
msa
ISO 639 2/B
mao
may
ISO 639 3
mri
zsm
ISO 639 6
mri
may
Glottocode
maor1246
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative