Niue And Cook Island M āoriLanguages Threatened (fw dlink)

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Niue And Cook Island Māori Languages Threatened

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Wednesday, 22 September, 2010 - 13:09
NZ

Niue and Cook Island Māori languages will disappear from New Zealand within
a generation unless urgent action is taken say researchers from The
University of Auckland.

The research by Faculty of Education Senior Lecturer John McCaffery and
Postgraduate research student Judy Taligalu McFall-McCaffery was released
today.

"Our research indicates that Pacific Island languages in New Zealand show
significant signs of language shift and loss, with several languages,
especially Cook Island Māori and Niue language unlikely to survive unless we
do something now," says Mr McCaffery.

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