New Zealand English

E3667
dialect variety of English

New Zealand English is the distinctive variety of the English language spoken in New Zealand, characterized by its unique accent, vocabulary, and influences from Māori.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
New Zealand English canonical 12
English in New Zealand 1
Māori English 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
variety of English ⓘ
countryOfOrigin New Zealand ⓘ
hasCharacteristic distinct pronunciation of KIT vowel ⓘ
distinctive diphthong pronunciations ⓘ
merger of NEAR and SQUARE vowels for many speakers ⓘ
non-rhotic accent ⓘ
short front vowel shift ⓘ
use of Māori loanwords ⓘ
use of local slang and colloquialisms ⓘ
use of rising intonation in statements ⓘ
hasOrthographicFeature use of Māori macrons in many texts ⓘ
hasSpellingConvention predominantly British spelling ⓘ
use of -ise endings (e.g. organise) ⓘ
use of -our endings (e.g. colour) ⓘ
use of -re endings (e.g. centre) ⓘ
hasSubvariety New Zealand English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Māori English

New Zealand English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pacific English in New Zealand

New Zealand English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pākehā English
historicalDevelopment developed from varieties of British English brought by settlers ⓘ
emerged in the 19th century ⓘ
influencedBy Australian English ⓘ
British English ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
surface form: Māori language

Pacific Island languages ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
lexicalItem New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: Aotearoa (Māori name for New Zealand)

Kiwi (meaning New Zealander) ⓘ
bach (holiday home) ⓘ
chilly bin (cooler, ice box) ⓘ
chur (thanks, acknowledgement) ⓘ
crib (holiday home, South Island) ⓘ
dairy (corner shop) ⓘ
haka (ceremonial dance) ⓘ
hard out (intensifier) ⓘ
heaps (a lot) ⓘ
iwi (tribe) ⓘ
jandals (flip-flops) ⓘ
kai (food) ⓘ
kia ora (greeting) ⓘ
mana (prestige, authority) ⓘ
marae (communal meeting place) ⓘ
puku (stomach) ⓘ
pākehā (New Zealander of European descent) ⓘ
sweet as (very good, no problem) ⓘ
ta (thank you) ⓘ
taonga (treasure, something prized) ⓘ
togs (swimsuit) ⓘ
whānau (extended family) ⓘ
yeah nah (pragmatic discourse marker) ⓘ
officialStatusIn New Zealand ⓘ
partOf English language ⓘ
primaryRegion Chatham Islands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Ross Dependency ⓘ
spokenBy majority of New Zealand population ⓘ
subfamily West Germanic languages ⓘ
usedIn New Zealand education system ⓘ
New Zealand government communication ⓘ
New Zealand media ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English → hasMajorVariety → New Zealand English ⓘ
New Zealand English → hasSubvariety → New Zealand English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Māori English
New Zealand English → hasSubvariety → New Zealand English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pākehā English
New Zealand English → hasSubvariety → New Zealand English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific English in New Zealand
British Isles English → contrastedWith → New Zealand English ⓘ
Australasian English → hasPart → New Zealand English ⓘ
Australasian English → standardFormOf → New Zealand English ⓘ
this entity surface form: English in New Zealand
Australian English → closelyRelatedTo → New Zealand English ⓘ
Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → New Zealand English ⓘ
New Zealand European → language → New Zealand English ⓘ
Standard English → hasVariant → New Zealand English ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Standard English
The Ditch → usedIn → New Zealand English ⓘ
Aucklander → languageContext → New Zealand English ⓘ
Modern English → hasVariety → New Zealand English ⓘ
Irish New Zealanders → language → New Zealand English ⓘ
Emily → hasLanguageOfUse → New Zealand English ⓘ
Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi → language → New Zealand English ⓘ
subject surface form: Ngāti Tūwharetoa