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Maori and Finnish


Finnish and Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
New Zealand  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
20  
2
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
10  
2
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Moi  

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Night pai  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
pai ahiahi  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Morning pai  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Tēnā  
haluta  

Sorry
Aroha mai  
Anteeksi  

Bye
poroporoaki  
Heippa  

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
tukua ahau  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.18 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
te Reo Māori  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori  
Suomi  

French Name
maori  
finnois  

German Name
Maori-Sprache  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Māori people  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
1814  
1543  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Polynesian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Maori  
standard Finnish  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mi  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
mao  
fin  

ISO 639 3
mri  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
maor1246  
finn1318  

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, Synthetic  

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

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Maori and Finnish Speaking population

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Maori and Finnish Language Codes

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

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