Moriori leid

Moriori is a Malayo-Polynesie leid sib wi the Maori leid. It is the mither tung o the Moriori, the indigenous fowk o the Chatham Islands.

Moriori
Native tae	New Zealand
Region	Polynesie
Extinct	19t century
Leid faimily	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesie Oceanic Polynesie Eastren Polynesian Tahitic Maori Moriori
Writin seestem	Laitin
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	mri-mor

The Moriori name for the Chathams is "Rekohu".

Fremmit Airtins

• Galbraith, Sarah: A Grammar o the Moriori leid.
• Clark, R. 1994. Moriori an Maori: The Linguistic Evidence. In Sutton, D. (ed) The origins o the First New Zealanders. Auckland: Auckland Varsity Press. pp. 123–135.
• King, M. 2000. Moriori: A fowk rediscovered. (Revised Edition) Viking: Auckland.