Moriori language
Extinct MÄori-related language of the Chatham Islands
Moriori, or ta rÄ Moriori ('the Moriori language'), is a Polynesian language most closely related to New Zealand MÄori. It is spoken by the Moriori, the indigenous people of New Zealand's Chatham Islands (RÄkohu in Moriori), an archipelago located east of the South Island. Moriori went extinct as a first language at the turn of the 20th century,...
