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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
Nigeria

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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Māori Language Commission
Yoruba 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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2029
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1017
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 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
e dupe

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

Night pai
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
e kaasan

Good Morning

Morning pai
e kaaro

Please

Tēnā
Jowo

Sorry

Aroha mai
binu

Bye

poroporoaki
bye

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

150,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
Ede

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

150,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

150,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

320
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

maori
yoruba

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Māori people
Yoruba people

History

Origin

1814
4 BC

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
Western Sudanic

Branch

-
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maori
Yorùbá

Language Position

2649
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
yor

ISO 639 2/B

mao
yor

ISO 639 3

mri
yor

ISO 639 6

mri
yor

Glottocode

maor1246
yoru1245

Linguasphere

No data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Isolating

Maori and Yoruba Alphabets

Maori and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Yoruba. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Maori and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Maori and Yoruba Language Codes

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