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Sanskrit vs Maori


Maori vs Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
New Zealand  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Australia, Oceania  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • "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
Old German Language  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
10  
2

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Hello  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Night pai  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Morning pai  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Tēnā  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Aroha mai  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
New Zealand  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
New Zealand  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
sanskrit  
maori  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Māori people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Polynesian  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Maori  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
mao  

ISO 639 3
san  
mri  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sans1269  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Sanskrit and Maori Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Maori language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. 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 Sanskrit and Maori Language History.

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

Sanskrit vs Maori Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.

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