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Nepali and Maori


Maori and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
New Zealand  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Australia, Oceania  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • "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.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
10  
2

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Hello  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Night pai  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Morning pai  

Please
कृपया  
Tēnā  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Aroha mai  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.10 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
népalais  
maori  

German Name
Nepali  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˈmaɔɾi]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Māori people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Polynesian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Maori  

Language Position
59  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Maori Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
mao  

ISO 639 3
npi  
mri  

ISO 639 6
nep  
mri  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
12  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Nepali and Maori Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Maori Speaking population

Nepali and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Maori on Nepali vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Maori Language Codes

Nepali and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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