Ka Ngaro Te Reo: Maori Language under Siege in the 19th Century by Paul Moon

Ka Ngaro Te Reo: Maori Language under Siege in the 19th Century

Paul Moon

280 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

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Ka ngaro te reo, ka ngaro taua, pera i te ngaro o te moa. If the language be lost, man will be lost, as dead as the moa. In 1800, te reo Maori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In...

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