Countries
New Zealand
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
New Zealand
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Tahitian Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Night pai
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Morning pai
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Tēnā
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Aroha mai
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
poroporoaki
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
New Zealand
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.18 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.18 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
te Reo Māori
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
maori
  
slovène
  
German Name
Maori-Sprache
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Māori people
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
1814
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Polynesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maori
  
Slovene
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mi
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mri
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
mao
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
mri
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
maor1246
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Maori and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maori and Slovene language. Maori word for "Hello" is Hello or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Maori Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maori vs Slovene Difficulty
The Maori vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maori Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maori and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maori is 24 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.