New Zealand English

Dating maintenance tags: {{Better source needed}}

/* Dialects and accents */ Noted a socioeconomic distinction in accent from older research

/* Dialects and accents */ Tidying up wording

/* Dialects and accents */ added link

Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1353621510|1353621510]] by [[Special:Contributions/Roger 8 Roger|Roger 8 Roger]] ([[User talk:Roger 8 Roger|talk]]) This doesn't remove an ambiguity; it introduces one, since (as the body tells us) English is not a de jure official language. That matter is still before Parliament.

removed the ambiguity in the sentence - it is much more than the the first language of the majority of the population, which could mean 51% and not the language of govt or society. Avoided using 'national' language which can be ambiguous. This summarises the article and a ref is not needed here in the lead

Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1353616031|1353616031]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-28472-62|~2026-28472-62]] ([[User talk:~2026-28472-62|talk]]) Unsourced; the form en-NZ is given in the next sentence

Added IETF Language Classification Standard which is followed globally by every MNC and Country on this planet.

/* Spelling */ Sourced

/* top */ Page needed for book cite

Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1350133233|1350133233]] by [[Special:Contributions/Nurg|Nurg]] ([[User talk:Nurg|talk]]) I get it now - a large proportion (a quarter perhaps) speak forms of English other than NZE

Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1350131318|1350131318]] by [[Special:Contributions/Roger 8 Roger|Roger 8 Roger]] ([[User talk:Roger 8 Roger|talk]]) Maybe I'm missing something but I don't understand Roger's edit summ. 'most' means more than 50%. 'nearly all' means close to 100%. 96% is much closer to 100 than to 50, eh?

Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1349233265|1349233265]] by [[Special:Contributions/Nixinova|Nixinova]] ([[User talk:Nixinova|talk]]) Pls see the census form - 96% refers to English, not NZ English. Saying otherwise is opinion, and as noted earlier, NZ English is not a language. A very large number of NZers speak different forms of English, ay?

'nearly all' seems better (96% is the figure)

cluttered intermixing of two concepts. The language is English, not NZ English, which is only a variant.

/* Historical development */ we can use the bill's name

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/* Legal status */ english

/* Legal status */ wl

Moving [[:Category:Dialects of English]] to [[:Category:English-language dialects]] per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 18]]