Kāi Tahu dialect
E660611
The Kāi Tahu dialect is a distinctive regional variety of te reo Māori associated with the South Island iwi Ngāi Tahu, marked by characteristic sound shifts and vocabulary.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Māori language dialect
ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ngāi Tahu iwi
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South Island of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Austronesian languages
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ⓘ
Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
distinctive sound shifts
ⓘ
distinctive vocabulary ⓘ regional phonological features ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| endonym | Kāi Tahu reo ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature | dialect-specific vocabulary items ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | distinctive treatment of certain consonants and vowels ⓘ |
| hasType | iwi dialect ⓘ |
| language | te reo Māori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Eastern Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | Ngāi Tahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | te reo Māori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
South Island
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ⓘ
Te Waipounamu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalisationLedBy | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ngāi Tahu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Canterbury region
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ⓘ
Ngāi Tahu rohe NERFINISHED ⓘ Otago region NERFINISHED ⓘ Southland region NERFINISHED ⓘ Stewart Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | revitalised dialect ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Ngāi Tahu cultural practices
ⓘ
Ngāi Tahu educational resources ⓘ Ngāi Tahu marae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Māori orthography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ngāi Tahu