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What language do they speak in New Zealand?

English

English, the West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what, to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria

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New Zealand Sign Language

New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL, the main language of the deaf community in New Zealand

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Māori language

Māori or te reo Māori commonly te reo ("the language"), the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori, where it has the status of an official language

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What languages (systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols) are a language that is spoken by a significant part of the population of New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa), the island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island) and numerous smaller islands?

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The answer above in regards to language spoken in New Zealand is incorrect for it has missed one out. There are three languages spoke officially in New Zealand. The three languages are:

Māori
English
and New Zealand sign language

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Posted at 15:40 on December 1, 2010.

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What language do they speak in New Zealand

English, Maori and New Zealand Sign Language are the official languages of NZ.

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What language do they speak in new zealand? - Yahoo! Answers

It's English with a distinct, New Zealand accent. It derives from British English, but has developed into a fairly regional way of speaking. The grammar is just like ...

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What Language Do They Speak in New Zealand? - Yahoo! Answers

Its New Zealand English, its basicly English with dialect and wierd pronounication.

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What languages do they speak in New Zealand

New Zealand's official spoken languages are English and Māori, with English spoken by the vast majority of New Zealanders. New Zealand Sign Language is also official in that ...

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