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reo ā-iwi

1. (noun) dialect, tribal dialect.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 50-53; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 2;)

I te tau 2009 he maha ngā āhuatanga Māori i runga i te ipurangi, pērā i ngā niupepa o ngā rautau o 1800 me 1900, ngā papakupu, te papakupu reo-Māori anake tuatahi arā a Te Pātaka Kupu me ngā raraunga reo ā-iwi pērā i Te Papakupu o Te Tai Tokerau (Te Ara 2013). / In 2009 there was a sizable Māori presence on the Internet, such as the newspapers from the 19th and 20th centuries, dictionaries, including the first monolingual Māori dictionary, 'Te Pātaka Kupu', and databases of tribal dialects, such as Te Papakupu o Te Tai Tokerau.

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