Countries
New Zealand
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2029
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
hallo
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
takk
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Night pai
god natt
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Morning pai
god morgen
Please
Tēnā
Vær så snill
Sorry
Aroha mai
unnskyld
Bye
poroporoaki
ha det
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
150,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Sognamål
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Sogn
How Many People Speak
150,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
150,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
319
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
te Reo Māori
Norsk
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Norsk
French Name
maori
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Māori people
Norwegians
Origin
1814
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Maori
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
2618
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mi
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
nor
ISO 639 2/B
mao
nor
ISO 639 3
mri
nor
ISO 639 6
mri
nor
Glottocode
maor1246
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional