Countries
New Zealand
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2062
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1060
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Night pai
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Morning pai
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Tēnā
амритана
Sorry
Aroha mai
Амарахь
Bye
poroporoaki
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
-
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Bzyb
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
150,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
150,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Sadz
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Turkey
How Many People Speak
150,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.18 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.10 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
te Reo Māori
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
maori
abkhaze
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Abkhaz people
Origin
1814
c. 1650
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Polynesian
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Abkhaz
Language Position
2628
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mi
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
abk
ISO 639 2/B
mao
abk
ISO 639 3
mri
abk
ISO 639 6
mri
abks
Glottocode
maor1246
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative