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Persian vs Maori


Maori vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
New Zealand  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Australia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • "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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
10  
2

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Hello  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Night pai  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Morning pai  

Please
لطفا  
Tēnā  

Sorry
متاسف  
Aroha mai  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
0.10 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
persan  
maori  

German Name
Persisch  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈmaɔɾi]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Māori people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Polynesian  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Maori  

Language Position
23  
21
26  
24

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Maori Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
mao  

ISO 639 3
pes  
mri  

ISO 639 6
pers  
mri  

Glottocode
fars1254  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Persian and Maori Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Maori language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814. 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 Persian and Maori Language History.

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

Persian vs Maori Difficulty

The Persian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Maori 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 Persian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.

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