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According to the 2018 census, English is the most-spoken language in every district of New Zealand. Māori is the second-most spoken language in 60 of the 67 cities and districts of New Zealand. The second-most spoken languages in the remaining seven cities and districts are: [37] Samoan is the second-most spoken language in Auckland and ...
The United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, where the overwhelming majority of native English speakers reside, do not have English as an official language de jure, but English is considered their de facto official language because it dominates in these countries. [citation needed]
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
English is the predominant language in New Zealand, spoken by 95.4% of the population. [337] New Zealand English is a variety of the language with a distinctive accent and lexicon. [338] It is similar to Australian English, and many speakers from the Northern Hemisphere are unable to tell the accents apart. [339]
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... New Zealand: 4 61 65 0.91 4,706,160 73,534 148,000
New Zealand – a small percentage of the population has some reasonable degree of bilingualism in English and Māori, mostly among the Māori themselves; few are fully fluent in Māori. [specify] New Zealand Sign Language has also an official status. English is the main language, with over 96% of the population speaking it fluently.
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold : internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)
The various Papuan language families of New Guinea and neighbouring islands, including the large Trans–New Guinea family; Contact between Austronesian and Papuan resulted in several instances in mixed languages such as Maisin. Non-indigenous languages include: English in Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand, and other territories