Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- "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
Chinese Language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
Hello
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
Morning pai
  
Please
请
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
再见
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
Not Available
  
maori
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Māori people
  
Origin
17th century
  
1814
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Maori Speaking population
Cantonese and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is Not Available. 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 Cantonese and Maori on Cantonese vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Maori Language Codes
Cantonese and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.