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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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