Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
- "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
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Not Available
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
maori
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Māori people
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
1814
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Maori language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Maori Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.