Countries
New Zealand
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Tēnā
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
maori
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1814
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maori and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Bulgarian language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Maori vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.