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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MAORI AND SANSKRIT LANGUAGES by Adele Schafer The writer believes that Maori and other Polynesian languages have developed from Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language. Most of the languages spoken in Europe are closely related, and are derived from a common source. The ancient language from which they are descended was either Sanskrit, or more probably a language which was closely related to Sanskrit, and is now lost. The people who spoke this ancient Indo-European language later became widely separated, sections of them migrating to new lands.

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Te Ao Hou, June 1965, Page 46

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MAORI AND SANSKRIT LANGUAGES Te Ao Hou, June 1965, Page 46

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MAORI AND SANSKRIT LANGUAGES Te Ao Hou, June 1965, Page 46