Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Sweden
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- "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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Hello
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Morning pai
  
Please
vänligen
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
hej då
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
France
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
suédois
  
maori
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Māori people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
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
  
Swedish 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 Swedish and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Maori language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Maori Difficulty
The Swedish vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.