Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Ghana
  
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
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
- "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
Not Available
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Hello
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Morning pai
  
Please
wae
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
bye
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
akan
  
maori
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Māori people
  
Origin
15
  
1814
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Akan 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 Akan and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Maori language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Maori Difficulty
The Akan vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan 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 Akan and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.