Countries
New Zealand
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
New Zealand
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Tahitian Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Night pai
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Morning pai
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Tēnā
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Aroha mai
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
poroporoaki
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Olonets
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Olonets
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Novgorod
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Novgorod
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
te Reo Māori
Русский
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Russki
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Māori people
Russians
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Maori
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
maor1246
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data Available
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Maori and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Russian language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Russian Difficulty
The Maori vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.