1 Countries
1.1 Countries
New Zealand
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
1.9 Similar To
Tahitian Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
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
3.3 How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
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
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
tukua ahau
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Itsekiri
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Ede
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Ulukwumi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.18 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.18 million28.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Yariba, Yooba
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Maori-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Māori people
Yoruba people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Polynesian
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
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
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating