27,339
edits
→Māori: added name of ref
(→Description: added name of ref) |
(→Māori: added name of ref) |
||
| Line 443: | Line 443: | ||
Before 1840, Māori was the predominant language of New Zealand. It was extensively used in social, religious, commercial and political interactions among Māori, and between Māori and Pākehā (Whites). Māori was also the language of instruction in the schools set up by missionaries. | Before 1840, Māori was the predominant language of New Zealand. It was extensively used in social, religious, commercial and political interactions among Māori, and between Māori and Pākehā (Whites). Māori was also the language of instruction in the schools set up by missionaries. | ||
After the World War II, The Māori language was discouraged from being spoken in schools and workplaces and it existed as a community language only in a few remote areas. As a consequence of this, many Māori came to view te reo Māori as a language without purpose and chose not to teach their children. Since the 1970s, the language has undergone a process of revitalisation and is spoken by a larger number of people. Of the 148,395 people (3.7% of the total New Zealand population) who claimed they could hold a conversation in Māori in 2013, 84.5 percent identified as Māori. No adult Māori alive in New Zealand today does not also speak English. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_New_Zealand]</ref> | After the World War II, The Māori language was discouraged from being spoken in schools and workplaces and it existed as a community language only in a few remote areas. As a consequence of this, many Māori came to view te reo Māori as a language without purpose and chose not to teach their children. Since the 1970s, the language has undergone a process of revitalisation and is spoken by a larger number of people. Of the 148,395 people (3.7% of the total New Zealand population) who claimed they could hold a conversation in Māori in 2013, 84.5 percent identified as Māori. No adult Māori alive in New Zealand today does not also speak English. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_New_Zealand Languages of New Zealand]</ref> | ||
| Line 457: | Line 457: | ||
For more information on this new written Maui script you can [https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/maui.htm click here] | For more information on this new written Maui script you can [https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/maui.htm click here] | ||
=====New Zealand Sign Language:===== | =====New Zealand Sign Language:===== | ||