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Maori and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
New Zealand   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Australia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Māori Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Tahitian Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
20   
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Hello   

Thank You
Danke   
Mauruuru koutou   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
E pēhea ana koe ?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Night pai   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
pai ahiahi   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Afternoon pai   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Morning pai   

Please
bitte   
Tēnā   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Aroha mai   

Bye
Tschüs   
poroporoaki   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Aroha ahau ki a koe   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
tukua ahau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
South Island Māori   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Western North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Germany   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Eastern North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Texas   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
0.18 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
0.18 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
te Reo Māori   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
New Zealand Maori   

French Name
allemand   
maori   

German Name
Deutsch   
Maori-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Māori people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1814   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Polynesian   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Maori   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
mi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
mri   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
mao   

ISO 639 3
deu   
mri   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
maor1246   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

German and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of German and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Maori on German vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Maori Language Codes

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

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