Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
New Zealand
National Language
France
New Zealand
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Māori Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- "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
Italian Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Merci
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Night pai
Good Evening
bonsoir
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Bonjour
Morning pai
Please
S'il vous plaît
Tēnā
Bye
au revoir
poroporoaki
I Love You
Je t'aime
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Quebec French
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Africa
New Zealand
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Français
New Zealand Maori
French Name
français
maori
German Name
Französisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Māori people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Polynesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Maori
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
maor1246
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French 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 French and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Maori language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common French Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Maori Difficulty
The French vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.