Countries
Thailand
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Thailand
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
- "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
Lao Language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Morning pai
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
0.18 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
thaï
  
maori
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Māori people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1814
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai 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 Thai and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Maori language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Maori Difficulty
The Thai vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai 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 Thai and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.