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Serbian vs Maori


Maori vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
10  
2

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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
44  
33
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Serbian and Maori Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Maori language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Maori Language History.

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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.

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