1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Tahitian Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
pai ahiahi
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
poroporoaki
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.18 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.18 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Maori-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Māori people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available