Countries
New Zealand
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
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 in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.