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Maori language

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Maori language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages (məlā`ō-pŏlĭnē`zhən), sometimes also called
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Taonga is a Maori language term generally denoting precious cultural heritage or physical treasures.
These days Maori culture and language are very much a part of New Zealand life in a wide variety of ways, and we have one publisher, Huia Publishers, specializing in books by Maori authors and illustrators--books published in the Maori language, too, a possibility that would have been derided in my childhood when it was confidently predicted that the Maori language (and indeed the whole Maori race) was dying out.
Listings in the Green Guide also indicate whenever a Maori language version of a source is available: assignments give students the option of using these and presenting their findings in Maori or English.
 
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