Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Spain
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
triste
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
adiós
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
0.18 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
maori
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Māori people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Spanish 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 Spanish and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Maori language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Maori Difficulty
The Spanish vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.