He peka o roto i te mātai reo, e aro ana ki te pūnaha oro o tētahi reo, te whakahua i ngā pū o te reo, me te whakatōpūtanga o ngā oro hei kupu.
A branch of linguistics focusing on the system of sounds in a language, the pronunciation of letters, and the combination of sounds to form words.
mātai - to inspect, examine, investigate (field of study)
wete - to untie, unravel
oro - sound
Ko te mātai weteoro te kaupapa o tana tuhinga kairangi.
He aha ētahi o ngā peka o roto i te mātai weteoro?
Nā ōna pūkenga whakaako me tana mōhio ki te mātai weteoro i tohua ai ia ki tana tūranga hou.