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Maori and Estonian


Estonian and Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
New Zealand   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
20   
2
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
10   
2
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Tere   

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou   
aitäh   

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Night pai   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
pai ahiahi   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Morning pai   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Tēnā   
Palun   

Sorry
Aroha mai   
Vabandust   

Bye
poroporoaki   
Head aega   

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
tukua ahau   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million   
99+
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.18 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
te Reo Māori   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori   
Eesti keel   

French Name
maori   
estonien   

German Name
Maori-Sprache   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Māori people   
Estonians   

History

Origin
1814   
13th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Polynesian   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maori   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mi   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
mao   
est   

ISO 639 3
mri   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
maor1246   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Maori and Estonian Speaking population

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Maori and Estonian Language Codes

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

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