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  2. Māori language influence on New Zealand English - Wikipedia

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    The use of Māori words in New Zealand English has increased since the 1990s, [2] [3] and English-language publications increasingly use macrons to indicate long vowels. [4] Māori words are usually not italicised in New Zealand English, and most publications follow the Māori-language convention of the same word for singular and plural (e.g ...

  3. List of English words of Māori origin - Wikipedia

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    te reo: the Māori language (literally, 'the language') waka: canoe, boat [17] (modern Māori usage includes automobiles) whānau: extended family or community of related families [13] whare: house, building; Other Māori words and phrases may be recognised by most New Zealanders, but generally not used in everyday speech: hapū: subtribe; or ...

  4. Māori language - Wikipedia

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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"). [17]

  5. Māori phonology - Wikipedia

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    Starting from the 19th century both /t/ and /k/ are increasingly aspirated, though still never as aspirated as the voiceless stops in English. The article te 'the' can be pronounced as in unstressed environments, sounding identical to its English translation. [8] Sometimes /k/ is voiced to [ɣ] in unstressed syllables. [8]

  6. File:Dictionary of the Maori Language.pdf - Wikipedia

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    English: This is handwritten Māori Dictionary, by William John Warburton Hamilton, containing lists of words in Māori and their English translations. The document is 41 pages long. The document is 41 pages long.

  7. Kia ora - Wikipedia

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    Kia ora (Māori pronunciation: [k i ˈ a ɔ ɾ a], approximated in English as / ˌ k iː ə ˈ ɔːr ə / KEE-ə-OR-ə [1] or / ˈ k j ɔːr ə / KYOR-ə) is a Māori-language greeting which has entered New Zealand English. It translates literally as "have life" or "be healthy", [2] wishing the essence of life upon someone, from one speaker to ...

  8. Help:IPA/Māori - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Māori on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Māori in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.

  9. List of English words of Maori origin - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; List of English words of Maori origin