Countries
New Zealand
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Austria
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
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.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
bok
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
kako si
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
Tēnā
  
molim
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
89.00 million
  
18
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
maori
  
croate
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Croats
  
Origin
1814
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Maori and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Croatian language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Croatian Difficulty
The Maori vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.