@*Beth* hi. My second language was Spanish. I’m now studying Arabic (MSA and Egyptian dialect). My Dr who’s from Syria can never understand what I say though lol 😂 cos I figure my West Virginia accent throws him off. I also dabble in other languages as a hobby.

Māori is a really neat language. From what I can see Māori has many cognates with English. At least that’s my perception. Ie pini means beans. Pata means butter. Parete means fart. (Excuse my crudeness). Soup is hupa and sugar is huka.

Māori is spoken in New Zealand. What I learned was that NZ was occupied by the English at one point. Māori has English cognates but the grammar (syntax) is different.