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Maori and Nepali


Nepali and Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
New Zealand  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
20  
2
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
10  
2
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Night pai  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
pai ahiahi  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Morning pai  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Tēnā  
कृपया  

Sorry
Aroha mai  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
poroporoaki  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
tukua ahau  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.18 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.10 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
te Reo Māori  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
maori  
népalais  

German Name
Maori-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Māori people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1814  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Polynesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Maori  
Nepali  

Language Position
26  
24
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mi  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
mao  
nep  

ISO 639 3
mri  
npi  

ISO 639 6
mri  
nep  

Glottocode
maor1246  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Maori and Nepali Speaking population

Maori and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Maori vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Nepali Language Codes

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

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