Countries
China, Mongolia
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
- "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.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
mongol
  
maori
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Māori people
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
1814
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Mongolian and Maori 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 Mongolian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Maori language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Maori Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Maori 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 Mongolian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.