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Maori
Maori

Xhosa
Xhosa



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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Australia, Oceania
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho

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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2053
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1043
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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Molo

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
Unjani

Good Night

Night pai
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Morning pai
Molo

Please

Tēnā
Ndicela

Sorry

Aroha mai
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

poroporoaki
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

New Zealand
South Africa

How Many People Speak

150,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
Thembu

Where They Speak

New Zealand
South Africa

How Many People Speak

150,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Hlubi

Where They Speak

New Zealand
South Africa

How Many People Speak

150,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

39
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

maori
xhosa

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Māori people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

1814
16th 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
isiXhosa

Language Position

2621
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
xho

ISO 639 2/B

mao
xho

ISO 639 3

mri
xho

ISO 639 6

mri
xho

Glottocode

maor1246
xhos1239

Linguasphere

No data Available
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Maori and Xhosa Alphabets

Maori and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Xhosa. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Maori and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Xhosa Speaking population

Maori and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Maori vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Xhosa Language Codes

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