Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
New Zealand
  
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 in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.