Countries
New Zealand
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
Tēnā
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
sorry
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
maori
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
1814
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Standard Dutch
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Maori and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Dutch language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Dutch Difficulty
The Maori vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.