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Maori and Norwegian


Norwegian and Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
New Zealand  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
20  
2
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
10  
2
20  
10

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
hallo  

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou  
takk  

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Night pai  
god natt  

Good Evening
pai ahiahi  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Morning pai  
god morgen  

Please
Tēnā  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Aroha mai  
unnskyld  

Bye
poroporoaki  
ha det  

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
tukua ahau  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.18 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
te Reo Māori  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori  
Norsk  

French Name
maori  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Maori-Sprache  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Māori people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1814  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Polynesian  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Maori  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mi  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
mao  
nor  

ISO 639 3
mri  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
maor1246  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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

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Maori and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Maori and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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