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Maori and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
New Zealand  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Australia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • "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

Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
10  
2

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Hello  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Night pai  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Morning pai  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Tēnā  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Aroha mai  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
chinois  
maori  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Māori people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Maori  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
mao  

ISO 639 3
zho  
mri  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. 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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Chinese and Maori Speaking population

Chinese and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Maori on Chinese vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Maori Language Codes

Chinese and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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