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Maori vs Assamese


Assamese vs Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
New Zealand  
Bangladesh, India  

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  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Tahitian Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
20  
2
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
10  
2
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

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  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
Night pai  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
pai ahiahi  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
Morning pai  
suprobhaat  

Please
Tēnā  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
Aroha mai  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
poroporoaki  
biḍai  

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
tukua ahau  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Western Assam  

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

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million  
99+
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.18 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
0.10 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
te Reo Māori  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
maori  
assamais  

German Name
Maori-Sprache  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Māori people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
1814  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Polynesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Maori  
Assamese  

Language Position
26  
24
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mi  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
mao  
asm  

ISO 639 3
mri  
asm  

ISO 639 6
mri  
asm  

Glottocode
maor1246  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Maori and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Maori vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Maori and Assamese language. History of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814 whereas history of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maori and Assamese Language History.

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Maori and Assamese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maori and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Assamese language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maori vs Assamese Difficulty

The Maori vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Assamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maori and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is 44 weeks.

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