Get to Know the Maori language of Aotearoa

 

The Maori language is a Polynesian language - part of the wider Austronesian language family. 

It is spoken by the Māori - the indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand), who migrated there from Polynesia in the fourteenth century. 

Although the number of speakers declined sharply during the twentieth century, efforts are being made to revitalise the language.

 

Why learn the Maori language?

Snow-capped mountains in Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Speakers :

150,000

Where :

Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Dialects :

Regional variation, but mutually comprehensible

Map of Aotearoa (New Zealand), the country where the Maori language is spoken
 

Cover Image

Aoraki (Mount Cook), Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Photo by Nicole Richstein on Unsplash

Map

NASA/JPL/NIMA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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