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Welsh

Maori
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Countries

Countries

Wales
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Wales
New Zealand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

Argentina, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Welsh Language Commissioner
Māori Language Commission

Interesting Facts

  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  • "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

English Language
Tahitian Language

Derived From

British Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2920
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2110
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

42
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Helô
Hello

Thank You

Diolch
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

Sut ydych chi?
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

Nos da
Night pai

Good Evening

Noswaith dda
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

P'nawn da
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

Bore da
Morning pai

Please

os gwelwch yn dda
Tēnā

Sorry

Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Aroha mai

Bye

Hwyl
poroporoaki

I Love You

Dw i'n dy garu di
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

Esgusodwch fi
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Patagonian Welsh
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Argentina
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

38,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Y Wyndodeg
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Gwynedd
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

700,000.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Y Bowyseg
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Powys
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

700,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

83
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Cymraeg
New Zealand Maori

French Name

gallois
maori

German Name

Kymrisch
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Welsh people
Māori people

History

Origin

9th Century
1814

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Polynesian

Branch

Brythonic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms

Standard Forms

Welsh
Maori

Language Position

3126
1 120
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Signed Forms

Welsh Sign Language
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

cy
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cym
mri

ISO 639 2/B

wel
mao

ISO 639 3

cym
mri

ISO 639 6

cym
mri

Glottocode

wels1247
maor1246

Linguasphere

50-ABA
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Welsh and Maori Alphabets

Welsh and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Welsh and Maori. In Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Welsh and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Welsh and Maori languages. The Welsh phonology consist Welsh vowels and Welsh consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Welsh greetings vs Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Welsh and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

All Welsh 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 Welsh and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Welsh and Maori Speaking population

Welsh and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % 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 Welsh and Maori on Welsh vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Maori Language Codes

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