Countries
New Zealand
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
New Zealand
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Silaw
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Sipas
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Night pai
Şev xweş
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Morning pai
Bayanit bash
Please
Tēnā
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Aroha mai
Bibûre
Bye
poroporoaki
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
New Zealand
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
150,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
150,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
150,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.18 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.10 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
te Reo Māori
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
maori
kurde
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Kurds
Origin
1814
16th century CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Maori
Kurdish
Language Position
2614
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mi
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mri
kur
ISO 639 2/B
mao
kur
ISO 639 3
mri
kur
ISO 639 6
mri
kur
Glottocode
maor1246
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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