Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
- "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
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Hello
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Morning pai
  
Please
لطفا
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
persan
  
maori
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Māori people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Persian 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 Persian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Maori language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Maori Difficulty
The Persian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.