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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

New Zealand

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

New Zealand

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Australia, Oceania

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Māori Language Commission

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.

1.9 Similar To

Tahitian Language

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

20
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

10
Rank: 2 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Hello

3.2 Thank You

Mauruuru koutou

3.3 How Are You?

E pēhea ana koe ?

3.4 Good Night

Night pai

3.5 Good Evening

pai ahiahi

3.6 Good Afternoon

Afternoon pai

3.7 Good Morning

Morning pai

3.8 Please

Tēnā

3.9 Sorry

Aroha mai

3.10 Bye

poroporoaki

3.11 I Love You

Aroha ahau ki a koe

3.12 Excuse Me

tukua ahau

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

South Island Māori

4.1.1 Where They Speak

New Zealand

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Western North Island Maori

4.2.1 Where They Speak

New Zealand

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Eastern North Island Maori

4.3.1 Where They Speak

New Zealand

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

0.18 million
Rank: 91 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

0.18 million
Rank: 86 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

te Reo Māori

5.3.3 Alternative Names

New Zealand Maori

5.3.4 French Name

maori

5.3.5 German Name

Maori-Sprache

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Māori people

6 History

6.1 Origin

1814

6.2 Language Family

Austronesian Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Polynesian

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Maori

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

mi

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

mri

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

mao

7.3 ISO 639 3

mri

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

maor1246

7.6 Linguasphere

No data Available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Maori language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Maori language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Maori language states that it was put to use in 1814. The history of Maori language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Maori Language History. Maori has no early forms. Maori is the standard form of Maori language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Maori Language.

Maori population

Maori population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Maori language. Maori language is spoken by 0.18 million people in the world. Most of the Maori population lies in the Maori Speaking Countries. Maori language is spoken as first language by 0.18 million people and no total count of people speaking Maori as second language. Get to know Maori speaking population in detail.

Maori writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Maori writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Maori language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Maori language. Learn more about . 

Information about Maori language

Check out all the information about Maori language here. You may find it interesting to learn Maori Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Maori Speaking Countries, Maori speaking continents and Maori Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Maori countries knowing common Maori Greetings will help you in communicating with Maori people.