Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
New Zealand
National Language
Russia
New Zealand
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Māori Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- "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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Hello
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Night pai
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Morning pai
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Tēnā
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Aroha mai
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
poroporoaki
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Olonets
New Zealand
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Novgorod
New Zealand
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Russki
New Zealand Maori
German Name
Russisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Russians
Māori people
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Polynesian
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Maori
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
maor1246
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Russian 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 Russian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Maori language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Maori Difficulty
The Russian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.