Māori language - Wikipedia
WEBMāori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ), or te reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand.
Māori people - Wikipedia
WEBThe Māori language, also known as te reo Māori (pronounced [ˈmaːoɾi, te ˈɾeo ˈmaːoɾi]) or simply Te Reo ("the language"), has the status of an official language. Linguists classify it within the Eastern Polynesian languages as being closely related to Cook Islands Māori , Tuamotuan and Tahitian .
Maori language | Act & Alphabet | Britannica
WEBMāori language, Eastern Polynesian subgroup of the Eastern Austronesian languages, spoken in the Cook Islands and New Zealand. Since the Māori Language Act of 1987, it has been one of the two official languages of New Zealand. Estimates of the number of Māori speakers range from 100,000 to 150,000.
Māori language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBThe Māori language (Māori: Te Reo Māori, shortened to Te Reo) is the language of the Māori and an official language of New Zealand. It is an Austronesian language. Although it is an official language, not many people speak it fluently.
Maori | History, Traditions, Culture, Language, & Facts
WEBMar 28, 2024 · Maori, member of a Polynesian people of New Zealand. To most Maori, being Maori means recognizing and venerating their Maori ancestors, having claims to family land, and having a right to be received as tangata whenua (‘people of the land’) in the village of their ancestors.
Māori language - Wikiwand
WEBMāori, or te reo Māori, commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the indigenous language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. A member of the Austronesian language family, it is closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and Tahitian.
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week - New Zealand …
WEBDecline and revival. Māori language by region (map) In the last 200 years the history of the Māori language (te reo Māori) has been one of ups and downs. At the beginning of the 19th century it was the predominant language spoken in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Māori language revival - Wikipedia
WEBThe Māori language revival is a movement to promote, reinforce and strengthen the use of te reo Māori, the Māori language. Primarily in New Zealand, but also in places with large numbers of expatriate New Zealanders (such as London and Melbourne ), the movement aims to increase the use of Māori in the home, in education, government, and ...
Māori people - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBToday, over 700,000 Māori people [2] live in New Zealand. They are an important part of the country's culture. This is why they have received special rights from the Government of New Zealand. Their native language, the Māori language, is an official language of the country along with English.
Māori language, alphabet and pronunciation - Omniglot
WEBMāori is a Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand, or Aotearoa ('The Land of the Long White Cloud'), and the Cook Islands by about 136,000 people. It was brought to New Zealand by Polynesian people, probably from Taihiti or …
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