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