1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
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
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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
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
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.18 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.18 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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
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
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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