Spanish language in New Zealand

Spanish language in New Zealand
Language family
Indo-European
  • Italic
    • Latino-Faliscan
      • Romance
        • Western
          • Ibero-Romance
            • West Iberian
              • Castilian
                • Spanish
                  • Spanish language in New Zealand
Early forms
Old Latin
  • Classical Latin
    • Vulgar Latin
      • Old Spanish
        • Early Modern Spanish
Writing system
Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
IETFes-NZ

The Spanish language began to be used in New Zealand with some regularity from the 1960s and early 1970s, mainly by immigrants from the Spanish-speaking countries of South America and some from Central America, Mexico, Spain, and Gibraltar.[1][2][3][4][5]

Statistics

Spanish speakers in New Zealand
Census Quantity Percentage
1996 10 692 0.2885%
2001[6] 14 676 0.3789%
2006[7] 21 645 0.5202%
2013[8] 26 979 0.6023%

See also

References

  1. ^ Latin Americans – Te Ara Encyclopedia
  2. ^ 1. – Latin Americans – Te Ara Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Other Western Europeans – Te Ara Encyclopedia
  4. ^ 2. – Other Western Europeans – Te Ara Encyclopedia
  5. ^ 3. – Other Western Europeans – Te Ara Encyclopedia
  6. ^ Language Spoken (Total Responses)(1)(2) by Sex "for the Census Usually Resident Population Count, 1996 and 2001" Statistics New Zealand.
  7. ^ Language Spoken (Total Responses)(1) for the Census Usually Resident Population Count, 2006 Statistics New Zealand.
  8. ^ Language Spoken for the 2013 Census totals by topic Statistics New Zealand.
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