Moriori
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Moriori — are the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands ( Rekohu in the Moriori language, Wharekauri in the Māori language), east of the New Zealand archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. The term has also been used for the hypothesised original settlers of… … Wikipedia
Moriori — Pueblo moriori Población total 945[1] … Wikipedia Español
Moriori — Drapeau des Moriori Populations Population totale 945 (2006) Populations significatives par régions … Wikipédia en Français
Moriori — Die Moriori waren ein Volk polynesischer Herkunft, das etwa ab 1500 [1] auf den neuseeländischen Chatham Islands siedelte und dort bis Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts weitgehend ungestört lebte. 1835 wurden über 200 [2] von ihnen von zwei von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Moriori — ▪ people native inhabitants of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. They are a Polynesian (Polynesian culture) people whose language and culture are related to those of the Maori. Scholars place their migration to the Chatham Islands from… … Universalium
moriori — |mōrē|ōrē, |mȯrē|ȯrē noun (plural moriori or morioris) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an extinct people surviving until very recent times in the Chatham islands, east of New Zealand b. : a member of such people 2 … Useful english dictionary
Moriori — /mɒriˈɔri/ (say moree awree) noun 1. a Polynesian people who inhabited the Chatham Islands, related to but originally distinct from the Maori, now intermixed with the Maori as a result of Maori settlement of the islands following European arrival …
Moriori people — Moriori are the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands (Rekohu in Moriori, Wharekauri in Māori), east of the New Zealand archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. These people lived by a code of non violence and passive resistance (see Nunuku whenua),… … Wikipedia
Moriori language — Moriori Spoken in New Zealand Region Polynesia Native speakers unknown (date missing) Language family Austronesian … Wikipedia
Moriori (langue) — Le moriori est la langue des Moriori des îles Chatham. Elle appartient au groupe central oriental de la branche malayo polynésienne des langues austronésiennes et est la langue la plus proche de la langue māori. Quelques personnes le parlent… … Wikipédia en Français
