Countries
India, Nepal
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Nepal
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
- "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
Hindi
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Morning pai
  
Please
कृपया
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.18 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
népalais
  
maori
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Māori people
  
Origin
19 BC
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
12
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Nepali 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 Nepali and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Maori language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Maori Difficulty
The Nepali vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.