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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
New Zealand
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
New Zealand
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Tahitian Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
20NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
55
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1046
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
24
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
24 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Night pai
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
Morning pai
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
Tēnā
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
Aroha mai
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
poroporoaki
bye
3.11 I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
tukua ahau
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
New Zealand
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
New Zealand
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
New Zealand
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
34
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.18 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
0.18 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
te Reo Māori
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
maori
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Maori-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Māori people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
1814
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Polynesian
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Maori
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
NA107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mi
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mri
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mao
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
mri
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
maor1246
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Maori and Shona Alphabets

Maori and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Shona. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Maori and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Shona languages. The Maori phonology consist Maori vowels and Maori consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maori greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maori and Shona Speaking population

Maori and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Maori vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Shona Language Codes

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