Countries
New Zealand
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Tēnā
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
maori
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1814
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Maori and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Irish language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Irish Difficulty
The Maori vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.