1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Australia, Oceania
1.6 Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Māori Language Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- "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.
1.9 Similar To
Korean Language
Tahitian Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hello
3.2 Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Mauruuru koutou
3.3 How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
3.4 Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Night pai
3.5 Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
pai ahiahi
3.6 Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Afternoon pai
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Tēnā
3.9 Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Aroha mai
3.10 Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
poroporoaki
3.11 I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
3.12 Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
tukua ahau
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Sanuki
South Island Māori
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hakata
Western North Island Maori
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Kansai
Eastern North Island Maori
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
128.00 million0.18 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
128.00 million0.18 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
New Zealand Maori
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Māori people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Japonic Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available