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Maori vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
New Zealand  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
20  
2
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
10  
2
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Hai  

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou  
terima kasih  

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

Good Night
Night pai  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
pai ahiahi  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Morning pai  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Tēnā  
sila  

Sorry
Aroha mai  
maaf  

Bye
poroporoaki  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
tukua ahau  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori  
Musi  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
0.18 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
te Reo Māori  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori  
Not Available  

French Name
maori  
malais  

German Name
Maori-Sprache  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Māori people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1814  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Polynesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Maori  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
Not Available  
54  
39

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mi  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
mao  
may  

ISO 639 3
mri  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
maor1246  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Maori and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Maori vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Maori and Malaysian language. History of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Maori vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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