Countries
New Zealand
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Tēnā
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Malti
  
French Name
maori
  
maltais
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
1814
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Maori and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Maltese language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Maltese Difficulty
The Maori vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.