Countries
European Union, Malta
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Malta
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
- "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
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
maltais
  
maori
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Māori people
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
1814
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Maltese and Maori Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Maltese and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Maori Speaking population
Maltese and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Maltese and Maori on Maltese vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Maori Language Codes
Maltese and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.