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The Maori language was not invented. Like all languages it evolved from use. It is related to other Polynesian languages, in particular the eastern group, which includes the Maori dialects of Rarotonga, Tahiti, Hawaii, and all of French Polynesia. It is less closely related to the Melanesian languages.

Currently, it is thought that the origin of the Polyynesian and Melanesian languages was from Asia.

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