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Maori and Burmese


Burmese and Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
New Zealand  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission  
Myanmar Language Commission  

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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
20  
2
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
10  
2
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Night pai  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
pai ahiahi  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Morning pai  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Tēnā  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Aroha mai  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
poroporoaki  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
tukua ahau  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori  
Intha  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
0.18 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
te Reo Māori  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
maori  
birman  

German Name
Maori-Sprache  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Māori people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1814  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Polynesian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Maori  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
Not Available  
43  
32

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mi  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
mao  
bur  

ISO 639 3
mri  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
maor1246  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Maori and Burmese 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 Maori and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Maori and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maori are spoken in different Maori Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maori vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maori dialects include: South Island Māori, Western North Island Maori. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maori and Burmese Speaking population

Maori and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Maori and Burmese on Maori vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Burmese Language Codes

Maori and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maori and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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