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Welsh vs Maori


Maori vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
10  
2

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

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
38,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Powys  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
0.10 million  
99+

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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Maori  

Language Position
31  
29
26  
24

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Welsh and Maori Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Maori language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 Welsh and Maori Language History.

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

Welsh vs Maori Difficulty

The Welsh vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.

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