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Maori and Thai


Thai and Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
New Zealand  
Thailand  

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  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

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.
  
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
20  
2
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
32  
21

How Many Consonants
10  
2
44  
33

Scripts
Latin  
Thai  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
Night pai  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
pai ahiahi  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
Morning pai  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
Tēnā  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
Aroha mai  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
poroporoaki  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
tukua ahau  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori  
Isan  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
0.18 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
0.10 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
te Reo Māori  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
maori  
thaï  

German Name
Maori-Sprache  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Māori people  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
1814  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Polynesian  
Tai  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Maori  
Thai  

Language Position
26  
24
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mi  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
mao  
tha  

ISO 639 3
mri  
tha  

ISO 639 6
mri  
tha  

Glottocode
maor1246  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Maori and Thai Speaking population

Maori and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Maori vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Thai Language Codes

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

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