Countries
New Zealand
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Tēnā
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
désolé
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
français
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Français
  
French Name
maori
  
français
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1814
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic