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Maori vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
New Zealand  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Australia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
10  
2

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Hello  

Thank You
Gracias  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Night pai  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Morning pai  

Please
Por Favor  
Tēnā  

Sorry
triste  
Aroha mai  

Bye
adiós  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
0.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Español  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
maori  

German Name
Spanisch  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈmaɔɾi]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Māori people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Polynesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Maori  

Language Position
2  
2
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Maori Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
mao  

ISO 639 3
spa  
mri  

ISO 639 6
spa  
mri  

Glottocode
stan1288  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Spanish and Maori Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Maori language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Maori Language History.

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

Spanish vs Maori Difficulty

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

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