Countries
Indonesia
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
- "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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Hello
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Not Available
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Cirebon
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Arekan
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million
  
19
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
basa Jawa
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
javanais
  
maori
  
German Name
Javanisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Māori people
  
Origin
450 AD
  
1814
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Javanese
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
jv
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jav
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
jav
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
jav
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
java1253
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Javanese 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 Javanese and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Maori language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs Maori Difficulty
The Javanese vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.