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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 was spoken by 91.5%, Māori language by 2.7%, Samoan by 5.3% and other languages by 32.0%. No language could be spoken by 2.4% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 44.9, compared with 28.8% nationally. [5]
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]
Bilingual sign at a railway station in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand has two de jure official languages: Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, [21] whereas New Zealand English acts as a de facto official language. [22] [23] Te reo Māori gained its official status with the passing of the Māori Language Act 1987. [24]
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]
English was spoken by 93.5%, Māori language by 2.0%, Samoan by 2.3%, and other languages by 31.8%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 44.0, compared with 28.8% nationally. [87]
Auckland (Māori: Tāmaki Makaurau) ... No language could be spoken by 2.3% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of ...
English was spoken by 92.3%, Māori language by 3.0%, Samoan by 4.8%, and other languages by 27.8%. No language could be spoken by 2.7% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 39.9, compared with 28.8% nationally. [106]