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Javanese vs Maori


Maori vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
27  
9
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
10  
2

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
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  

History

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
11  
10
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Javanese and Maori Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Maori language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Javanese and Maori Language History.

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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.

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