Free te reo Māori resource

Free te reo Māori resource: A Dictionary of Māori Computer and Social
Media terms Edition 3 released

11 October 2016
Press Release: Taiuru & Associates
Ph: 021 0707 507

The release of a comprehensive Dictionary of Māori Computer and Social
Media terms was announced today by Māori Internet and Technology
advocate Karaitiana Taiuru. The dictionary contains over 374,000
headwords with translations from 33 recorded sources.

The free download and introduction to the dictionary can be accessed
online at http://www.taiuru.maori.nz/dictionary-computer-social-media/

This is a significant resource for any student of te reo Māori or for
anyone who uses the multiple technology related devices and software
that has been translated into te reo Māori. It is a small
contribution to the efforts of those who contribute to the
revitalisation of te reo Māori.

The wide range of sources and terminology demonstrates the growing
popularity of the Māori language in the past decade and I hope this is
a positive indication that it will continue to prosper and receive the
recognition that it deserves says Karaitiana Taiuru.

It has been almost 20 years since Māori language software that offers
a bilingual interface on a Windows computer was first released. Many
of the terms translated in the late 1990’s are still in use today.

Technology barriers and digital divide issues are on the decline. As a
result, Māori language needs to be used in technology to ensure its
ongoing relevance and survival. As whānau increase their use of
technology as a preferred means of communication, this generates
demand for Māori language options in a modern connected world, where
more Māori than non-Māori use social media more and more Māori are
connected to the Internet.

Having interfaces in the Māori language creates the unintended issue
that there is new terminology that is not understood due the
terminology being newly adapted and created. It needs time to be
normalised and learned.

About the Dictionary:
* It is a free resource which is only in a digital format due to printing costs.
* Title: A Dictionary of Māori Computer and Social Media terms.
English – Māori. Edition 3
* Author: Karaitiana N Taiuru
* ISBN: 978-0-9582597-1-2

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