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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
New Zealand

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
Māori Language Commission

Interesting Facts

  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Tahitian Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2920
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1710
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
Hello

Thank You

e dupe
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
Night pai

Good Evening

ka a ale
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

e kaaro
Morning pai

Please

Jowo
Tēnā

Sorry

binu
Aroha mai

Bye

bye
poroporoaki

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Nigeria
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

500,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

800,000.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Nigeria
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

10,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

203
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
New Zealand Maori

French Name

yoruba
maori

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Māori people

History

Origin

4 BC
1814

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Polynesian

Branch

Kwa
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Maori

Language Position

4926
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
mri

ISO 639 2/B

yor
mao

ISO 639 3

yor
mri

ISO 639 6

yor
mri

Glottocode

yoru1245
maor1246

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Yoruba and Maori Alphabets

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

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

Yoruba and Maori Speaking population

Yoruba and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Maori on Yoruba vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Maori Language Codes

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