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Maori vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
New Zealand   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
20   
2
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
10   
2
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Halo   

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Night pai   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
pai ahiahi   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Morning pai   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Tēnā   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Aroha mai   
maaf   

Bye
poroporoaki   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
tukua ahau   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
New Zealand   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
0.18 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
te Reo Māori   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
maori   
indonésien   

German Name
Maori-Sprache   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Māori people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
1814   
7th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Polynesian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Maori   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mi   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
mao   
ind   

ISO 639 3
mri   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
maor1246   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Maori and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Maori vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Maori and Indonesian language. History of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maori and Indonesian Language History.

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Maori and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Indonesian language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maori vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Maori vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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