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Norwegian and Maori


Maori and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
New Zealand  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Australia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • "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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
10  
2

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Hello  

Thank You
takk  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
god natt  
Night pai  

Good Evening
god kveld  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Morning pai  

Please
Vær så snill  
Tēnā  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Aroha mai  

Bye
ha det  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
New Zealand  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
maori  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Māori people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Polynesian  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Maori  

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
mao  

ISO 639 3
nor  
mri  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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All Norwegian and Maori Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Maori dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Maori Speaking population

Norwegian and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Maori on Norwegian vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Maori Language Codes

Norwegian and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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