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Estonian and Maori


Maori and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Māori Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • "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
Finnish   
Tahitian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
20   
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
10   
2

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Hello   

Thank You
aitäh   
Mauruuru koutou   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
E pēhea ana koe ?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Night pai   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
pai ahiahi   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Afternoon pai   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Morning pai   

Please
Palun   
Tēnā   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Aroha mai   

Bye
Head aega   
poroporoaki   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Aroha ahau ki a koe   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
tukua ahau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
South Island Māori   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
New Zealand   

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Western North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
New Zealand   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Eastern North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
0.18 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
0.18 million   
99+

Native Name
eesti keel   
te Reo Māori   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
New Zealand Maori   

French Name
estonien   
maori   

German Name
Estnisch   
Maori-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Māori people   

History

Origin
13th century   
1814   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Polynesian   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Maori   

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
mi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
mri   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
mao   

ISO 639 3
est   
mri   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
maor1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Estonian and Maori Language Codes

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

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