Countries
New Zealand
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Apache Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2036
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1034
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Night pai
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
Morning pai
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
Tēnā
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
Aroha mai
Nízhdził
Bye
poroporoaki
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
Shoohá
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Navajo1
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Arizona
How Many People Speak
150,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Navajo2
Where They Speak
New Zealand
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
150,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Navajo3
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Utah
How Many People Speak
150,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
te Reo Māori
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Navaho
French Name
maori
navaho
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Navajo people
Origin
1814
1500 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Athapascan
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Navajo
Language Position
2629
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
nav
ISO 639 2/B
mao
nav
ISO 639 3
mri
nav
ISO 639 6
mri
nav
Glottocode
maor1246
nava1243
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic