New Zealand

English

[eng] 1 (National). De facto national language. 3,970,000 in New Zealand, all users. L1 users: 3,820,000 in New Zealand (2013 census). L2 users: 150,000 (Crystal 2003a).

6b (Threatened)

Maori

[mri] 6b (Threatened). Statutory language of national identity (1987, Maori Language Act, No. 176, Article 3), legal domains mostly. 148,000 in New Zealand (2013 census). 100,000 understand but do not speak it (1995 Maori Language Commission); 30,000–50,000 adult speakers over 15 years old (1995). Ethnic population: 599,000 (2013 census). Total users in all countries: 159,700.

New Zealand Sign Language

[nzs] 6b (Threatened). Recognized language (2006, New Zealand Sign Language Act, No. 18, Article 6). 3,250 (McKee and Manning 2019), decreasing. Estimated 2,500–4,000 deaf signers, less than 0.1% of total population. Other estimates: 20,200 (McKee and Manning 2015). Marked decline across all age groups since 2001 (McKee and Manning 2015, McKee and McKee 2016).

Pitcairn-Norfolk

[pih] 6b* (Threatened).

Unestablished

Afrikaans

[afr] Unestablished. 27,400 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Angloromani

[rme] Unestablished. 1,300 in New Zealand (2012 J. Leclerc).

Arabic, Egyptian Spoken

[arz] Unestablished. 2,570 in New Zealand (2013). Total Arabic speakers in New Zealand: 10,700 (2013 census).

Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken

[acm] Unestablished. 5,780 in New Zealand (2013). Total Arabic speakers in New Zealand: 10,700 (2013 census).

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 2,350 in New Zealand (2013). Total Arabic speakers in New Zealand: 10,700 (2013 census).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

[aii] Unestablished. 1,670 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Bengali

[ben] Unestablished. 2,420 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Burmese

[mya] Unestablished. 1,710 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Chinese, Mandarin

[cmn] Unestablished. 52,300 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Chinese, Min Nan

[nan] Unestablished. 6,190 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Chinese, Yue

[yue] Unestablished. 44,600 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Czech

[ces] Unestablished. 1,530 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Danish

[dan] Unestablished. 2,130 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Dutch

[nld] Unestablished. 24,000 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Fijian

[fij] Unestablished. 6,270 in New Zealand (2013 census).

French

[fra] Unestablished. 49,100 in New Zealand (2013 census).

German, Standard

[deu] Unestablished. 36,600 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Greek

[ell] Unestablished. 2,950 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Gujarati

[guj] Unestablished. 17,500 in New Zealand (2009 census).

Hebrew

[heb] Unestablished. 1,350 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Hindi

[hin] Unestablished. 66,300 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Hindi, Fiji

[hif] Unestablished. 1,670 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Hungarian

[hun] Unestablished. 1,720 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Indonesian

[ind] Unestablished. 4,880 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Irish

[gle] Unestablished. 1,020 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Italian

[ita] Unestablished. 8,210 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Japanese

[jpn] Unestablished. 20,100 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Kannada

[kan] Unestablished. 1,040 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Khmer

[khm] Unestablished. 6,730 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Kiribati

[gil] Unestablished. 1,480 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Korean

[kor] Unestablished. 26,400 in New Zealand (2013 census). Ethnic population: 38,100 (2019).

Lao

[lao] Unestablished. 1,280 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Malay

[zlm] Unestablished. 6,780 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Malayalam

[mal] Unestablished. 4,370 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Marathi

[mar] Unestablished. 2,900 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Nepali

[npi] Unestablished. 1,880 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Niue

[niu] Unestablished. 4,550 in New Zealand (2013 census). Ethnic population: 24,000 (2013 census).

Pashto, Northern

[pbu] Unestablished. 1,270 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Persian, Iranian

[pes] Unestablished. 5,060 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Polish

[pol] Unestablished. 2,620 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Portuguese

[por] Unestablished. 5,620 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Pukapuka

[pkp] Unestablished. 1,500 in New Zealand (2016 M. Salisbury). Ethnic population: 3,000 (2016 M. Salisbury).

Punjabi, Eastern

[pan] Unestablished. 19,800 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Rakahanga-Manihiki

[rkh] Unestablished. 2,500 in New Zealand (1981).

Rarotongan

[rar] Unestablished. 8,120 in New Zealand (2013 census). Ethnic population: 61,000 (2013 census).

Romanian

[ron] Unestablished. 1,950 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Russian

[rus] Unestablished. 9,430 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Samoan

[smo] Unestablished. 86,400 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Serbo-Croatian

[hbs] Unestablished. 5,350 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Sinhala

[sin] Unestablished. 5,220 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Somali

[som] Unestablished. 1,330 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Spanish

[spa] Unestablished. 62,900 in New Zealand, all users. L1 users: 27,000 in New Zealand (2013 census). L2 users: 35,900 (Instituto Cervantes 2019).

Swahili

[swh] Unestablished. 1,130 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Swedish

[swe] Unestablished. 2,640 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Tagalog

[tgl] Unestablished. 29,000 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Tamil

[tam] Unestablished. 6,840 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Telugu

[tel] Unestablished. 3,400 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Thai

[tha] Unestablished. 7,600 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Tokelauan

[tkl] Unestablished. 2,470 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Tongan

[ton] Unestablished. 31,800 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Turkish

[tur] Unestablished. 1,110 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Tuvaluan

[tvl] Unestablished. 2,350 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Urdu

[urd] Unestablished. 5,050 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Vietnamese

[vie] Unestablished. 5,380 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Welsh

[cym] Unestablished. 1,040 in New Zealand (2013 census).

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