Countries
India
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
India
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- "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
Marathi
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Chike
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
Adeus
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
konkani
  
maori
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Māori people
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Konkani 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 Konkani and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Maori language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Maori Difficulty
The Konkani vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani 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 Konkani and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.