Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
New Zealand
  
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 in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Estonian 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 Estonian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Maori language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Maori Difficulty
The Estonian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.