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Spanish vs Maori


Maori vs Spanish


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
20   
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
10   
2

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
0.18 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
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   

History

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
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Spanish and Maori Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Maori language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Maori Language History.

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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.

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