Countries
India, Pakistan
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
- "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 Language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Morning pai
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
0.18 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
maori
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Māori people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Punjabi and Maori Speaking population
Punjabi and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % 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 Punjabi and Maori on Punjabi vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Punjabi and Maori Language Codes
Punjabi and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Punjabi and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.