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The English word Maori is a borrowing from the Māori language, where it is spelled Māori.In New Zealand, the Māori language is often referred to as te reo [tɛ ˈɾɛ.ɔ] ("the language"), short for te reo Māori ("the Māori language").
According to the 2018 census, English is the most-spoken language in every district of New Zealand. Māori is the second-most spoken language in 60 of the 67 cities and districts of New Zealand. The second-most spoken languages in the remaining seven cities and districts are: [37] Samoan is the second-most spoken language in Auckland and ...
Cook Islands Māori is an Eastern Polynesian language that is the official language of the Cook Islands.Cook Islands Māori is closely related to, but distinct from, New Zealand Māori.
The Māori language is spoken to some extent by about a fifth of all Māori, representing three per cent of the total population. Māori are active in all spheres of New Zealand culture and society, with independent representation in areas such as media, politics, and sport.
Location of the Cook Islands. Cook Islanders are residents of the Cook Islands, which is composed of 15 islands and atolls in Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Cook Islands Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of the Cook Islands, although more Cook Islands Māori currently reside in New Zealand than the Cook Islands. [4]
Maori: tahi rua toru whā rima ono whitu waru iwa tekau (also ngahuru) Tahitian: tahi piti toru maha pae ōno hitu vaʼu iva hōeʼahuru Rarotongan: taʼi rua toru ā rima ono ʼitu varu iva ngaʼuru Tuamotuan: tahi rua toru fā rima ono hitu varu iva rongoʼuru Penrhyn: tahi lua tolu hā lima ono hitu valu iva tahi-ngahulu Moriori: tehi teru ...
Māori cultural history intertwines inextricably with the culture of Polynesia as a whole. The New Zealand archipelago forms the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a major part of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaiian Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in te reo Māori). [10]
Native languages of Oceania fall into three major geographic groups: . The large Austronesian language family, with such languages as Malay (), Tagalog (), and Polynesian languages such as Māori and Hawaiian