Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 27, 2023 9:14:38 GMT 12
Graham Adams: DOES LEARNING TE REO MAKE YOU VIRTUOUS?
According to the 2018 Census, New Zealand had 4,482,135 speakers of English, with te reo Maori a far-distant second at 185,955.
Among the top 25 languages spoken in New Zealand, there were also 101,937 Samoan speakers, 95,253 who spoke Northern Chinese (Mandarin), with 69,471 speaking Hindi. Some 55,116 spoke French, 43,278 Tagalog, 41,385 German, and 23,343 Dutch.
The list includes 22,986 who can communicate in New Zealand Sign Language.
But it is te reo Māori alone which excites admiration and excitement among the chattering classes that often lurches towards liturgical levels of reverence and praise......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/10/graham-adams-does-learning-te-reo-make.html
According to the 2018 Census, New Zealand had 4,482,135 speakers of English, with te reo Maori a far-distant second at 185,955.
Among the top 25 languages spoken in New Zealand, there were also 101,937 Samoan speakers, 95,253 who spoke Northern Chinese (Mandarin), with 69,471 speaking Hindi. Some 55,116 spoke French, 43,278 Tagalog, 41,385 German, and 23,343 Dutch.
The list includes 22,986 who can communicate in New Zealand Sign Language.
But it is te reo Māori alone which excites admiration and excitement among the chattering classes that often lurches towards liturgical levels of reverence and praise......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/10/graham-adams-does-learning-te-reo-make.html