Countries
New Zealand
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
New Zealand
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2026
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1021
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Hello
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Night pai
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Morning pai
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Tēnā
Fadlan
Sorry
Aroha mai
sorry
Bye
poroporoaki
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
150,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Benaadir
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
150,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
150,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.18 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
te Reo Māori
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
maori
somali
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Somalis
Origin
1814
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Somali
Language Position
2683
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
som
ISO 639 2/B
mao
som
ISO 639 3
mri
som
ISO 639 6
mri
som
Glottocode
maor1246
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-