Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
- "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
Macedonian language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
bulgare
  
maori
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Māori people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Maori language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Maori Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.