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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 ...
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]
Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) [1] is the Māori-language name for New Zealand.The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu – where Te Ika-a-Māui means North Island, and Te Waipounamu means South Island. [2]
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
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's most widely spoken language is English (89.8%); however, language, dialect and accent vary spatially both within and between ethnic groups. The Māori language (3.5%) [1] is spoken more commonly in areas with large Māori populations (Gisborne, Bay of Plenty and Northland). [75]
In the 2018 census, 22,987 people reported the ability to use New Zealand Sign Language. [4] It was declared one of New Zealand's official languages in 2006. [98] Samoan is the most widely spoken non-official language (2.2 percent), followed by "Northern Chinese" (including Mandarin; 2.0 percent), Hindi (1.5 percent) and French (1.2 percent). [4]
New Zealand has three official languages. English is the primary official language with its use unrestricted anywhere. The Māori language and New Zealand Sign Language also have official status in certain contexts, as defined by their respective statutes. [28] Other languages are also spoken in New Zealand.