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Croatian vs Maori


Maori vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
New Zealand  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Australia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
10  
2

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Hello  

Thank You
hvala  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
kako si  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Night pai  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Morning pai  

Please
molim  
Tēnā  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Aroha mai  

Bye
Doviđenja  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
Volim te  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
New Zealand  

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
Not Available  

Native Name
hrvatski  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
croate  
maori  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Māori people  

History

Origin
9th century  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Polynesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Maori  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
mao  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
mri  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Croatian and Maori Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Maori language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Maori Language History.

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Croatian 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 Croatian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Maori language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Maori Difficulty

The Croatian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.

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