1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
New Zealand
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
New Zealand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Australia, Oceania
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Māori Language Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- "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.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Tahitian Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
E pēhea ana koe ?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
pai ahiahi
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Afternoon pai
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Morning pai
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Aroha ahau ki a koe
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
South Island Māori
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
New Zealand
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
Western North Island Maori
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
New Zealand
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
Eastern North Island Maori
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million0.18 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million0.18 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
te Reo Māori
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
New Zealand Maori
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Māori people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available