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Maori vs Konkani


Konkani vs Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
New Zealand  
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
20  
2
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
10  
2
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Night pai  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
pai ahiahi  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Morning pai  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Tēnā  
Chike  

Sorry
Aroha mai  
Maf kor  

Bye
poroporoaki  
Adeus  

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
tukua ahau  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori  
Not present  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
-  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori  
Not present  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
-  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.18 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.10 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
te Reo Māori  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
maori  
konkani  

German Name
Maori-Sprache  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Māori people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1814  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Polynesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maori  
Kokani  

Language Position
26  
24
23  
21

Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
mao  
kok  

ISO 639 3
mri  
kok  

ISO 639 6
mri  
kok  

Glottocode
maor1246  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Maori and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Maori vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Maori and Konkani language. History of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 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 Konkani Language History.

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Maori and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Konkani language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maori vs Konkani Difficulty

The Maori vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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