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Maori and Nepali


Nepali and Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
New Zealand   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
20   
2
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
10   
2
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Night pai   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
pai ahiahi   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Morning pai   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Tēnā   
कृपया   

Sorry
Aroha mai   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
poroporoaki   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
tukua ahau   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.18 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
te Reo Māori   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
maori   
népalais   

German Name
Maori-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Māori people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
1814   
19 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Polynesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Maori   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mi   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
mao   
nep   

ISO 639 3
mri   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
maor1246   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Maori and Nepali Speaking population

Maori and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Maori vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Nepali Language Codes

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

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