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Countries

Countries

New Zealand
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Total No. Of Countries

110
0 46
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National Language

New Zealand
Portugal

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Australia, Oceania
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Regulated By

Māori Language Commission
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

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.
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Similar To

Tahitian Language
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2023
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1019
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

26
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Olá

Thank You

Mauruuru koutou
obrigado

How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?
Como você está?

Good Night

Night pai
boa noite

Good Evening

pai ahiahi
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai
boa Tarde

Good Morning

Morning pai
bom Dia

Please

Tēnā
Por Favor

Sorry

Aroha mai
pesaroso

Bye

poroporoaki
tchau

I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

tukua ahau
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

South Island Māori
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Brazil

How Many People Speak

150,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Portugal

How Many People Speak

150,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

New Zealand
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

150,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

326
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.18 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.18 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.10 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

te Reo Māori
Português

Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori
Português

French Name

maori
portugais

German Name

Maori-Sprache
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

[ˈmaɔɾi]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Māori people
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

1814
3rd Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Polynesian
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Maori
Portuguese

Language Position

266
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maori Sign Language
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mi
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mri
por

ISO 639 2/B

mao
por

ISO 639 3

mri
por

ISO 639 6

mri
por

Glottocode

maor1246
port1283

Linguasphere

No data Available
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Maori vs Portuguese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Maori vs Portuguese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Maori or Portuguese language.

  • Maori is spoken as a national language in: New Zealand.
  • Portuguese is spoken as a national language in: Portugal.

You will also get to know the continents where Maori and Portuguese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Maori language is 26 and position of Portuguese language is 6. Find all the information about these languages on Maori and Portuguese.

Maori and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Maori vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Maori and Portuguese language. History of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Maori vs Portuguese Difficulty

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