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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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