About Greek Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Greek belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. It is the native language of Greece, Cyprus, Albania, and other parts of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast. The language was also spoken in the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the largest documented history as compared to another Indo-European language. The Greek language has 3,400 years of written records. The writing system of the Greek language has a Greek alphabet. The alphabets have been used for approximately 2,800 years. Greek was recorded in writing systems in the Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The Greek language has an important place in the Western world. Greek is also the language of science and philosophy. It is present in Latin texts and plays an important role in the traditions of the Roman world. Greek by far is a widely spoken language in the Mediterranean world. It is the official language of the Byzantine Empire. Greek is the official language of Greece and Cyprus and it is one of the major languages of the European Union. It is also spoken in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Albania, Turkey, and many other countries in the Greek diaspora.
About Maori Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Maori is the official language in the Cook Islands and New Zealand. The total number of Maori speakers is around 100,000 to 150,000. It has a distinctive nature as compared to other Polynesian languages. Maori contains five vowels and each one of them is either long or short. There are ten consonants in total that include h, k, m, n, ng, p, r, t, and w. You will rarely find any prefixes and suffixes while the nouns, verbs, and tenses are indicated with syntax. Traditionally Maori didn’t have a fixed writing system but it is now written in Latin script. The modern text of Maori features long and short vowels. A lot of older texts are based on long vowels and double letters.
