Ka Ngaro Te Reo
Author | : Paul Moon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 1927322413 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781927322413 |
Rating | : 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ka Ngaro Te Reo written by Paul Moon and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Ka Ngaro Te Reo, Paul Moon traces the spiralling decline of the language during an era of prolonged colonization that saw political, economic, cultural and linguistic power shifting steadily into the hands of the European core.