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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
Ethiopia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Australia, Oceania
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia

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.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Somali Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2034
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1024
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

25
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
akkam

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
Galatoomi

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

Night pai
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

Morning pai
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

Tēnā
Maaloo

Sorry

Aroha mai
naa dhiisi

Bye

poroporoaki
Nagayattii!

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Borana

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

150,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
Orma

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Kenya

How Many People Speak

150,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Wata

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Kenya

How Many People Speak

150,000.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

317
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Afaan Oromoo

French Name

maori
galla

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

Māori people
Oromos

History

Origin

1814
16

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
Cushitic

Branch

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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maori
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

2691
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
orm

ISO 639 2/B

mao
orm

ISO 639 3

mri
orm

ISO 639 6

mri
orm

Glottocode

maor1246
nucl1736

Linguasphere

No data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Maori and Oromo Alphabets

Maori and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Oromo. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Maori and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Oromo languages. The Maori phonology consist Maori vowels and Maori consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maori greetings vs Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Oromo Speaking population

Maori and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Maori vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Oromo Language Codes

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