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English: Maori (Māori) with the original chief's clothing made of feathered bird skin and with Maori tattoos on the face. Seen in Rotorua, New Zealand. Seen in Rotorua, New Zealand. Date
There are 62.5% similarities found in British Sign Language and NZSL, compared with 33% of NZSL signs found in American Sign Language. Like other natural sign languages, it was devised by and for Deaf people, with no linguistic connection to a spoken or written language, and it is fully capable of expressing anything a fluent signer wants to say.
A Maori warrior greets tourists at Waitangi in 2023 (AFP via Getty Images) The English and Maori versions of the treaty contain key differences, complicating its application and interpretation ...
Kōhanga reo (Māori language pre-schools) were established in 1982 to promote Māori language use and halt the decline in its use. [93] Two Māori language television channels broadcast content in the Māori language, [94] [95] while words such as "kia ora" have entered widespread use in New Zealand English. [96]
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"). [18]
tāngata whenua: native people of a country or region, i.e. the Māori in New Zealand (literally 'people of the land') [12] tapu: sacred, taboo; to be avoided because of this; (a cognate of the Tongan tabu, origin of the English borrowing of taboo) tangi: to mourn; or, a funeral at a marae; taniwha: mythical water monster
The bird, which is a national icon of New Zealand, takes its name from the Māori language. During the 19th century, New Zealand English gained many loanwords from the Māori language . [ 1 ] The use of Māori words in New Zealand English has increased since the 1990s, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and English-language publications increasingly use macrons to ...