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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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

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
Pan South African Language Board

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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2057
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1050
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
Sawubona

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
unjani

Good Night

Night pai
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Morning pai
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Tēnā
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Aroha mai
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

poroporoaki
bye

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Qwabe

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

150,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

150,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Ndebele

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

150,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

34
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 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
isiZulu

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

maori
zoulou

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Māori people
Zulu people

History

Origin

1814
19

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Maori
Deep Zulu

Language Position

2687
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
zul

ISO 639 2/B

mao
zul

ISO 639 3

mri
zul

ISO 639 6

mri
zul

Glottocode

maor1246
zulu1248

Linguasphere

No data Available
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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-

Maori and Zulu Alphabets

Maori and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Zulu. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Maori and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Zulu Speaking population

Maori and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Maori vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Zulu Language Codes

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