Countries
New Zealand
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- "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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Tēnā
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
maori
  
arménien
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Armenians
  
Origin
1814
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic