Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
- "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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
serbe
  
maori
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Māori people
  
Origin
11th Century
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Serbian 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 Serbian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Maori language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Maori Difficulty
The Serbian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.