Maori
关于该语文
总发言人数
70,000 (1991)
按國家使用(官方語言)
Official Language: New Zealand Home Speakers: Cook Islands
背景
It belongs to the Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic family. It is used officially for legal needs. Until the 20th century, it was spoken throughout New Zealand.322 government-funded Maori language schools, including for preschoolers.