Countries
Cambodia
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
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
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- "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
Lao Language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Hello
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
ND
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
ND
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Morning pai
  
Please
ND
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
ND
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
ND
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
ND
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
khmer central
  
maori
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Māori people
  
Origin
14
  
1814
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer 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 Khmer and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Maori language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Maori Difficulty
The Khmer vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer 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 Khmer and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.