Countries
New Zealand
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Tēnā
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
Not Available
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Abkhazia
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
maori
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
1814
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Abkhaz
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Maori and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maori and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Abkhaz language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Maori vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maori and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.