Tregear, Edward, 1846-1931

The Aryan Māori / by Edward Tregear. - 82 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Reprint. Originally published Wellington, N.Z. : George Didsbury, Government Printer, 1885.

Bagnall, 5610

Attempt to prove, by linguistic comparison, that the Māori people are of Aryan descent and, after 4,000 years of migration, speak the language of their Aryan forebears in India "in an almost inconceivable purity" Cf. Bagnall.


In English with some Māori.

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Indo-Aryan languages--History
Anthropological linguistics--New Zealand
Reo Māori.

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