Te Reo Māori

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Te Reo Māori is the Indigenous Polynesian language of the Māori people of New Zealand and one of the country’s official languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language
Polynesian language
official language
subject of language revitalization
closelyRelatedTo Cook Islands Māori language
surface form: Cook Islands Māori

Hawaiian
surface form: Hawaiian language

Rapa Nui language
Tahitian language
country New Zealand
endonym Te Reo Māori self-linksurface differs
surface form: te reo Māori
hasCulturalRole taonga (treasure) under the Treaty of Waitangi
hasGrammaticalFeature dual and plural number distinctions in pronouns
inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns
no grammatical gender
preposed particles for tense and aspect
use of possessive particles a and o
hasLegalStatus official language of New Zealand
hasPhonemicFeature contrast between short and long vowels
hasRevitalizationMovement Kura Kaupapa Māori (Māori immersion schools)
Kōhanga Reo (language nests)
Māori language week (Te Wiki o te Reo Māori)
hasWordOrder VOS (verb–object–subject)
VSO (verb–subject–object)
ISO639-1Code mi
ISO639-2Code mao
mri
ISO639-3Code mri
languageFamily Austronesian languages
literalMeaningOfName the Māori language
nativeTo New Zealand
officialStatusIn New Zealand
protectedBy Treaty of Waitangi principles
recognizedByLaw Māori Language Act 1987
Te Ture Reo Māori 2016
regulatedBy Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
regulatoryBody Māori Language Commission
spokenBy Māori people
spokenIn Australia (Māori diaspora)
Cook Islands Māori New Zealanders
surface form: Cook Islands (diaspora communities)

New Zealand
United Kingdom (Māori diaspora)
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages
Polynesian languages
subgroup Polynesian languages
surface form: Eastern Polynesian languages

Tahitic languages
usedIn Māori-medium education
New Zealand Parliament proceedings
New Zealand broadcasting
New Zealand courts
usesDiacritics macron (to mark long vowels)
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (71)

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New Zealand courts usesLanguage Te Reo Māori
High Court of New Zealand language Te Reo Māori
Cook Islands Māori language closelyRelatedTo Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
Cook Islands Māori language closelyRelatedTo Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: New Zealand Māori language
Treaties of New Zealand language Te Reo Māori
Polynesians hasLanguage Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
New Zealand education sector supportsOfficialLanguages Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
Department of Conservation (New Zealand) languageOfWorkOrName Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Court of Appeal of New Zealand hasOfficialLanguage Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Hamilton urban area language Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Hauraki Gulf hasLanguageOfNativeName Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Manukau Harbour languageOfName Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
New Zealand Army secondaryLanguage Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Lake Tekapo languageOfficialName Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Austronesian linguistics studies Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Maori language
Oceanic languages hasMember Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
Tahitian language closelyRelatedTo Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
Rarotongan language closelyRelatedTo Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: New Zealand Māori language
Southern Alps languageOfName Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Proto-Polynesian language ancestorOf Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Maori language
Ngāi Tahu iwi language Te Reo Māori
subject surface form: Ngāi Tahu
Punga hasNameOrigin Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
Oban language Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Kaiapoi Pā language Te Reo Māori
Te Reo Māori endonym Te Reo Māori self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: te reo Māori
Pākehā hasEtymologyLanguage Te Reo Māori
New Zealand national women’s rugby union team languageOfCountry Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Bay of Islands languageSpoken Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Paihia language Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Ngāti Rāhiri language Te Reo Māori
Ngāti Kawa language Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
Mangere languageSpoken Te Reo Māori
Onehunga languageUsed Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
New Zealand multicultural society hasLanguage Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
New Zealand multicultural society hasOfficialLanguageContext Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
Te Rauparaha language Te Reo Māori
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa learningArea Te Reo Māori
New Zealand government departments languageUsed Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language
New Zealand e-government services language Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori language (te reo Māori)
Tamatea languageOfToponym Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: te reo Māori
Patea languageOfName Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Mackenzie District hasOfficialLanguage Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Tahurangi languageOfToponym Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori
Te Pūtea Matua nativeNameLanguage Te Reo Māori
this entity surface form: Māori