Countries
New Zealand
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2044
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Night pai
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Morning pai
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Tēnā
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Aroha mai
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
poroporoaki
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
150,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
150,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
150,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
maori
pachto
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Pashtun
Origin
1814
1651
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2682
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mao
pus
ISO 639 3
mri
pus
ISO 639 6
mri
pus
Glottocode
maor1246
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional