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What are the three official languages of New Zealand?

Question #151692. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Aug 30 2024.
Originally posted Aug 30 2024 8:35 PM.

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New Zealand's three official languages are English, Maori and New Zealand Sign Language.

English (de facto official) 95.4%, Maori (de jure official) 4%, Samoan 2.2%, Northern Chinese 2%, Hindi 1.5%, French 1.2%, Yue 1.1%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official) 0.5%, other or not stated 17.2% (2018 est.)

note: shares sum to 124.1% due to multiple responses on the 2018 census

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/new-zealand/

Response last updated by psnz on Aug 30 2024.
Aug 30 2024, 8:38 PM

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