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Maori vs Japanese


Japanese vs Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
New Zealand   
Japan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Palau   

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
20   
2
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
10   
2
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Night pai   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
pai ahiahi   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Morning pai   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Tēnā   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Aroha mai   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
poroporoaki   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
tukua ahau   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
0.18 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
te Reo Māori   
日本語   

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori   
Not Available   

French Name
maori   
japonais   

German Name
Maori-Sprache   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Māori people   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1814   
1185   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Polynesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Maori   
Japanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mi   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
mao   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
mri   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
maor1246   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Maori and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Maori vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Maori and Japanese language. History of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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Maori and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Japanese language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maori vs Japanese Difficulty

The Maori vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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