Countries
New Zealand
  
India
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Tēnā
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maori
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1814
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Maori and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Sanskrit language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Maori vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.