Countries
New Zealand
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Tēnā
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
maori
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
1814
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Maori and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Slovak language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Slovak Difficulty
The Maori vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.