Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Somalia
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali 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
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
somali
  
maori
  
German Name
Somali
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Māori people
  
Origin
19th century
  
1814
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Maori Speaking population
Somali and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available 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 Somali and Maori on Somali vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Maori Language Codes
Somali and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.