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Cantonese and Maori


Maori and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
28   
10
20   
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
10   
2

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
0.18 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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