MAORI PRONUNCIATION
Sir,-The letters on Maori Pronunciation are timely. To .those who know something of the Maori language the pronunciation of many of the Maori place names that comes over the radio is grating to the ears. The Maori language is easy to pronounce since it is phonetic, and a wonderful opportunity
is .provided by broadcasting, to have it spoken correctly over the air. I doubt whether any other aboriginal race has used its language té such splendid effect in naming places. All up and. down the land we hear of names which are so apt, when one knows something of the locality, that it is quite easy to imagine that much thought and common sense were used when designating such places. Many are named after the physical features of the locality and others after traditions (some of which are long forgotten but many of which are still
known).
E. T.
FROST
( Mangonui). i
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 312, 15 June 1945, Page 5
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154MAORI PRONUNCIATION New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 312, 15 June 1945, Page 5
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