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Name:
Maori
Alternate Names:
New Zealand Maori; Neu-Seeland; Maori (in French); Maorí (in Spanish)
Spoken in:
New Zealand
Number of speakers:
60,000 in New Zealand (Fishman 1991). 100,000 understand it but do not speak it (1995 Maori Language Commission). Population total all countries: 60,260. Ethnic population: 530,000 (2002 Honolulu Advertiser)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
70000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
60000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
mri
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Austronesian
Parent Subgroup:
Tahitic (tahi)
Child Dialects:
South Island (mri-sou)
Taranaki (mri-tar)
Rotorua-Taupo (mri-rot)
Wanganui (mri-wan)
Moriori (mri-mor)
North Auckland (mri-nor)
Bay of Plenty (mri-bay)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Maori
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