Māori

Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand
Intangible natural_language Q36451
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Māori

Summary

Māori is a natural language[1]. Māori ranks in the top 7% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,759 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Māori is in the country of New Zealand[3].
  • Māori's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Māori's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Māori's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[6].
  • Māori is a type of Tahitic[7].
  • Māori is a type of Mātauranga Māori[8].
  • Māori's writing system is recorded as Māori writing system[9].
  • Māori's writing system is recorded as Māori Braille[10].
  • Māori is part of Māori linguistics and languages[11].
  • Māori is part of Māori culture, language and history[12].
  • Māori's Commons category is recorded as Māori language[13].
  • Māori's Wikimedia language code is recorded as mi[14].
  • Māori's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -42, 'lon': 173}[15].
  • Māori's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Māori language[16].
  • Māori's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=479[17].
  • Māori's language regulatory body is recorded as Māori Language Commission[18].
  • Māori's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+160000'}[19].
  • Māori's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+213849'}[20].
  • Māori's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mi', 'text': 'te reo Māori'}[21].
  • Māori's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mi', 'text': 'te reo'}[22].
  • Māori's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mi', 'text': 'Māori'}[23].
  • Māori's UNESCO language status is recorded as 2 vulnerable[24].
  • Māori's indigenous to is recorded as North Island[25].
  • Māori's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MRI[26].
  • Māori's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6b Threatened[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4], modern language[5], and academic discipline[6]. Recorded subclass of include Tahitic[7] and Mātauranga Māori[8].

Use and Application

Part of include Māori linguistics and languages[11] and Māori culture, language and history[12].

Why It Matters

Māori ranks in the top 7% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,759 views/month).[2] Māori has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Māori is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Māori has been cited as an influence by New Zealand English[30], a dialect[31], in New Zealand[32].

FAQs

Who did Māori influence?

Māori has been cited as an influence by New Zealand English[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Māori, A Linguistic Introduction. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . stats.govt.nz. Retrieved . stats.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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