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Maori

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Swahili



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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Māori Language Commission
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2024
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Habari

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
Asante

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
Habari gani?

Good Night

Night pai
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

Morning pai
Habari za asubuhi

Please

Tēnā
tafadhali

Sorry

Aroha mai
pole

Bye

poroporoaki
bye

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
nakupenda

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

150,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
Kimrima

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

150,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Kimgao

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

150,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

312
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

maori
swahili

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Swahili

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Māori people
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

1814
6th century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maori
Swahili

Language Position

2621
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
swa

ISO 639 2/B

mao
swa

ISO 639 3

mri
swa

ISO 639 6

mri
swa

Glottocode

maor1246
swah1254

Linguasphere

No data Available
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Maori and Swahili Alphabets

Maori and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Swahili. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Maori and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Swahili Speaking population

Maori and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Maori vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Swahili Language Codes

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