Countries
New Zealand
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
New Zealand
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
شكرا
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Night pai
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Morning pai
صباح الخير
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
أحبك
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
اعذرني
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Sudanese
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Levantine
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
te Reo Māori
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Māori people
Arabs
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maori
Modern Standard Arabic
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
maor1246
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Maori and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Arabic language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Arabic Difficulty
The Maori vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.