Moriori
Te reo Moriori / テ 語 モリヨリ
Information
Family:
Borean
Dené-Daic
Austric
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Polynesian
Eastern Polynesian
Tahitic
Region: Wharekauri (New Zealand)
Ethnicity: Morioris
Native Speakers: ???
Time Period: 1600s
Grammar Type: Verb–subject–object
Writing System:
Latin (Maori Alphabet, 1800s-2600s; historically)
Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana (Maori version; 2600s-present)
Language Status: Critically Endangered (as of revival at 2001)
Moriori is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. (2000s, Pre-TROQA)
Moriori is an extinct language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. (2600-present, Post-TROQA)
Moriori Language is the extinct language of Aotearoa languages alongside with English, Maori and later Japanese, introduced in Nunukia: Ruthless of Musket Wars. This language was used by native Morioris, another indigenous Polynesians away from Maoris, Europeans and Japanese people causing genocide by both Maori and Japanese government in Pre-Worldcraft Series. Due to isolated island of Wharekauri, a prominent pacifist culture emerged; this was known as the law of nunuku, based on the teachings.
Tahitic
Maori-Moriori
Old Maori
Classical Maori
Modern Maori
Northern Maori
Southern Maori
Standard Maori
Japanese Maori
Moriori
Pronunciations
Vowels
A a - [a]
E e - [ɛ]
I i - [i]
O o - [ɔ]
U u - [u]
Ā ā - [aː]
Ē ē - [ɛː]
Ī ī - [iː]
Ō ō - [ɔː]
Ūū - [uː]
Consonants
P p - [p]
T t - [t]
CH ch - [t͡ʃ]
K k - [k]
M m - [m]
N n - [n]
NG ng - [ŋ]
WH wh - [ɸ]
H h - [h]
W w - [w]
R r - [r]
Words
Ancestors - Moriori karapuna (モりおりからーぷな)
Indigenous - Waina-pono (わいな-ぽの, ワィナ-ポノ)
South East Island - Hokorereoro (ほこれれおろ)
Peaceful law - Nunuku (ぬぬく)
Lord, chief - Ariki (卿)
Genealogy - Hokopapa (ほこぱぱ / 系譜)
Woman - Wahine (ワヒネ / 女)
Tear - Roimata (ロイタマ)
we are - Nawen (ナヱㇴ)
Also, too - Hok (ホㇰ)
Forty-Four - Motchuhar (モㇳチュハㇽ)