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Finnish and Maori


Maori and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
New Zealand   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Australia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Māori Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • "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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Tahitian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
20   
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
10   
2

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Hello   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Mauruuru koutou   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
E pēhea ana koe ?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Night pai   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
pai ahiahi   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Afternoon pai   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Morning pai   

Please
haluta   
Tēnā   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Aroha mai   

Bye
Heippa   
poroporoaki   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Aroha ahau ki a koe   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
tukua ahau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
South Island Māori   

Where They Speak
Finland   
New Zealand   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Western North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
New Zealand   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Eastern North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
0.18 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
te Reo Māori   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
New Zealand Maori   

French Name
finnois   
maori   

German Name
Finnisch   
Maori-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Māori people   

History

Origin
1543   
1814   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Polynesian   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Maori   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
mi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
mri   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
mao   

ISO 639 3
fin   
mri   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
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, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

Finnish and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available 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 Finnish and Maori on Finnish vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Maori Language Codes

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

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