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People have come from all over the world to make New Zealand their home. As they do so, the range of languages spoken in New Zealand is becoming more diverse. Table 1 includes all of the people who stated each language spoken, whether as their only language or as one of several languages. This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Values for the same data may vary in different tables. Percentages have been rounded to the next full figure.

The number of people communicating with New Zealand Sign Language was small, with only 20, people able to communicate with it less that 1 per cent of the population.

This section illustrates the growing diversity of languages spoken in New Zealand — we are seeing a greater number of languages and more people speaking them. Table 2 includes all of the people who stated each language spoken, whether as their only language or as one of several languages.

Where a person reported more than one language spoken, they have been counted in each applicable group. In order to be consistent with Table 1, Samoan has also been omitted from this group for clarity. Table 2 is a breakdown of international languages with the highest number of responses at the time of Census , Census and Census Since , the total number of responses for people able to speak an international language has grown from , responses to , by This growth has largely been driven by the increasing number of people speaking Hindi, Northern Chinese and Sinitic.

Between and the number of Hindi speakers has tripled from 22, to 66, , and the number of speakers of Northern Chinese 26, to 52, people and Sinitic 22, to 42, people have almost doubled. In comparison, the number of French and German speakers grew between the years and , but by had decreased again. The number of speakers of French and German remained relatively stable French with around 49, speakers in and , and German with 33, speakers in and 36, in Here you can see a complete break-down of the Top 25 Languages spoken in New Zealand in You can also read more about what languages are spoken in different regions around New Zealand.

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