Maori in Australia losing language (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Maori in Australia losing language

July 29, 2010 - 4:04PM
NZPA
Australia

The large number of Maori living in Australia face losing their native
language in part because they assimilate so easily, according to findings by
a Victoria University researcher.

One in six Maori live in Australia, with more than 10,000 speakers of te reo
Maori crossing the Tasman between 1986 and 2006, said Paul Hamer, senior
associate of Victoria University's Institute of Policy Studies.

Maori fit easily into Australian workplaces and communities, and have a high
intermarriage rate, meaning they were perhaps more in danger of losing their
language than other immigrant groups, Mr Hamer said.

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