Langenesis

Austronesian family

Māori

1300 CE – today Living

Māori (1300 CE – today) is a living Austronesian language. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian → … → Proto-Polynesian → Proto-Eastern Polynesian → Māori.

See Māori on the interactive map
Speakers
185K (185,000)
ISO 639-3
mri
Glottocode
maor1246

Eastern Polynesian language brought to Aotearoa (New Zealand) by Polynesian settlers around 1300 CE. Closest to the Cook Islands and Tahitic languages (Central Eastern Polynesian subgroup, not tracked separately).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  3. Proto-Oceanicc. 1,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  4. Proto-Central Pacificc. 1,000 BCE – 800 BCE
  5. Proto-Polynesianc. 800 BCE – 100 CE
  6. Proto-Eastern Polynesianc. 700 CE – 1100 CE
  7. Māori1300 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Eastern Polynesian.

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