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Abkhaz vs Maori


Maori vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
62  
36
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
10  
2

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Abkhaz and Maori Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Maori language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 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 Abkhaz and Maori Language History.

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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.

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