1 Countries
1.1 Countries
New Zealand
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.3 Total No. Of Countries
2.5 National Language
New Zealand
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
2.6 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
2.7 Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Africa
2.8 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
2.9 Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Not Available
2.10 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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
2.11 Similar To
Tahitian Language
Zulu language
2.13 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
3.3 Phonology
3.3.1 How Many Vowels
3.8.1 How Many Consonants
3.9 Scripts
3.10 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
3.11 Hard to Learn
3.11.1 Language Levels
5.1.3 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
6.2 Thank You
6.3 How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Muli bwanji?
6.4 Good Night
6.5 Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Madzulo abwino
6.6 Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Masana abwino
6.7 Good Morning
Morning pai
M'mawa wabwino
6.8 Please
6.9 Sorry
6.10 Bye
poroporoaki
anatsanzikana
6.11 I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ndimakukondani
6.12 Excuse Me
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Kasungu
7.2.1 Where They Speak
New Zealand
Malawi, Zambia
7.2.3 How Many People Speak
7.3 Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Kikamtunda
7.3.1 Where They Speak
New Zealand
Malawi, Zambia
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
7.5 Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Kimaravi
7.5.1 Where They Speak
New Zealand
Malawi, Zambia
7.5.2 How Many People Speak
8.2 Total No. Of Dialects
9 How Many People Speak
9.1 How Many People Speak?
0.18 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
9.2 Speaking Population
2.4 Native Speakers
0.18 million12.00 million
0.13
873
3.2.1 Second Language Speakers
4.8.2 Native Name
4.8.3 Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
4.8.4 French Name
maori
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
4.8.5 German Name
Maori-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
4.9 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
4.10 Ethnicity
Māori people
Chewa people
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
5.2.2 Branch
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
5.3.2 Standard Forms
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.5 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
5.4 Scope
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
6.5 Glottocode
6.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available