Maori was the only language in New Zealend up untill the 1800's where they were colonised by the european which lead to a rapid decline in the Māori population, assimilation, and a shift towards English.
Today there is number of fluent speakers that range from 30,000 to 150,000, some 10 to 20 % of the total Maori population.
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