New_Zealand_English
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New Zealand English (NZE) is the variant of the English language spoken and written by most English-speaking New Zealanders. Its language code in ISO and Internet standards is en-NZ. It is the first language of the majority of the population. The English language was established in New Zealand by colonists during the 19th century. It is one of "the newest native-speaker variet[ies] of the English
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| New Zealand English | |
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| Native to | New Zealand |
Native speakers | 3.8 million in New Zealand (2013 census) 150,000 L2 speakers of English in New Zealand (Crystal 2003) |
Early forms | Old English
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| Latin (English alphabet) Unified English Braille | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | newz1240 |
| IETF | en-NZ |
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