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Maori and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
New Zealand   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Australia, Oceania   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Māori Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • "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
German and English Languages   
Tahitian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
20   
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
10   
2

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Hello   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Mauruuru koutou   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
E pēhea ana koe ?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Night pai   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
pai ahiahi   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Afternoon pai   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Morning pai   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Tēnā   

Sorry
sorry   
Aroha mai   

Bye
vaarwel   
poroporoaki   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Aroha ahau ki a koe   

Excuse Me
pardon   
tukua ahau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
South Island Māori   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Western North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Eastern North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
0.18 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
0.18 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
te Reo Māori   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
New Zealand Maori   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
maori   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Maori-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Māori people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
1814   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Polynesian   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Maori   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
mi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
mri   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
mao   

ISO 639 3
nld   
mri   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
maor1246   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

Dutch and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Maori on Dutch vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Maori Language Codes

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

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