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Maori or Māori /ˈmaʊri/ is the Polynesian language of the indigenous Maori (Māori) ethnic group of New Zealand. Since 1987 it has been one of New Zealand’s official languages. It is a member of the Eastern Polynesian languages closely related to Cook Islands Māori Tuamotuan and Tahitian.According to a 2001 survey on the health of the Māori language the number of very fluent adult speakers was about 9% of the Māori population or 29000 adults.

ISO 639-1 code
mi
ISO 639-3 code
mri
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, Polynesian languages, Oceanic languages
language regulator or academy
Māori Language Commission
spoken in
Polynesia, New Zealand

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