Non-Māori-speaking New Zealanders can recognize more than 1,000 te reo Māori words or part-words, but only understand meanings of about 70, a new University of Canterbury study shows.
Co-author Professor Jeanette King, from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury's New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behavior, says the new study,"Assessing the size of non-Māori-speakers' active Māori lexicon," has provided ideas about how"incidental exposure" to"The government's aim is for 1 million New Zealanders to be able to speak te reo by 2040.
"And so, the lecturers thought, 'if children are picking up this knowledge about the Māori language sound system, what about adults?'" "Teachers of second languages advise you to have movies with the language you want to learn on in the background as you go about your day. The more you can build up sound patterns and word knowledge, it's going to be helpful. By understanding that people already have a knowledge of Māori sound patterns and words, we're hoping that will encourage more people to learn Māori."
"New Zealand is the perfect place to study the proto-lexicon, with only one Indigenous language and reasonably strong 'incidental' exposure to the language. The status of the language here and promotion of Māori language also play a part."
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