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Norwegian vs Maori


Maori vs 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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Norwegian and Maori Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Maori language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Norwegian and Maori Language History.

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Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Maori language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Norwegian vs Maori Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.

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